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那些妙趣横生的英语幽默故事152:这钟准吗?

那些妙趣横生的英语幽默故事

is that clock right
这钟准吗?

dan was the doorman of a club in a big city .everyday, thousands of people passed his door,and a lot of them stopped and asked him, "what's the time,please?" after a few months,dan said to himself, "l'm not going to answer all those stupid people any more. l'm going to buy a big clock and put it upon the wait here." then he did so.
丹在一个大城市的某个俱乐部当守门人每天都有数千人经过他的门口,而且许多人都会停下来问他:“请问现在几点?”几个月后-丹想:“我不想再回答这些笨蛋提出的问题了,我要去买一只大钟,把它挂在这儿的墙上。一于是他买了一只钟,把它挂在了墙上。

"now people aren't going to stop and ask me the time,"he thought happily. but after that, a lot of people stopped, looked at the clock and then asked dan, "is that clock right?"
“现在人们总不会再停下来问我时间了吧”一他高兴地想。可是打那以后,每天仍有许多人停下来,看看钟,然后问丹:“这钟准吗?”

单词&词组

slaughtsrhouse 屠宰场
fussy 急躁,担忧的
flattor 阿谀,奉承
dismay 沮丧,惊慌
monksy businsss 胡闹,常指指不道德或不合法的行为:恶作剧
s8ea movie 看电影
doorman 门卫,门童

知道不知道

迈克尔·杰克逊有首歌曲就叫monktly business.

well, lord have mercy
vvell, lord have mercy
this ain't no good for me
this ain't no good for me, baby
well,lord have mercy
well, lord have mercy
ain't no good for me, baby
tell me what's goin' down, baby
every time l wanna say.t'it is
just too much for me...