英語幽默小故事 An Ad
After a beautiful purebred puppy wandered onto our back porch and made himself at home, my husband composed an ad for the "Lost and found" column of the local newspaper. It read: "A puppy, male, approximately nine months old, no collar, very friendly, found on Rockbridge Road. " I feared all the detail might encourage an unscrupulous person to claim the dog. As I methodically explained why each clue revealed too much, my husband dutifully crossed out the words. Finally, in frustration, he rewrote the ad, reducing it to a single sentence that I couldn't refute. It read: "Guess what I found?" Notes: (1) purebred adj.純種的 (8) methodically adj.有條不紊地 (2) puppy adj.小狗;幼犬 (9) clue n.線索 (3) porch n.門廊 (10) reveal v.透露 (4) compose v.構思;作 (11) dutifully adv.盡職地 (5) approximately adv.將近 (12) cross out畫橫線以刪除 (6) cellar n.項圈 (13) frustration n.挫折 (7) unscrupulous adj.無恥的; (14) refute v.反駁 Exercises: 根據短文填空: ① A beautiful puppy wandered _____ our back porch. ② He _____ himself at home. ③ My husband _____ an ad for the "Lost and found" column of the local newspaper. ④ I feared all the detail might encourage an unscrupulous person to_____ the dog. ⑤ My husband dutifully crossed _____the words. 129.廣告 一隻漂亮的純種狗來到我們的後門廊並已此爲家了。我丈夫爲當地的“失物招領”欄目構思了一則廣告。它是這樣寫的:“小狗,雄性,近九個月年齡,無項圈,很友善,發現於石橋路。” 我害怕這樣的細節會給那些昧着良心要狗的人以可乘之機。我有條不紊地解釋爲什麼每個線索都透露得太多,我丈夫就盡職地劃去一些詞。終於,出於爲難,他重新寫了廣告,把它縮爲一個我無法反駁的句子。 它是這樣寫的:“猜猜我發現了什麼?” 練習參考答案: ① onto ② made ③ composed ④ claim ⑤out