赖世雄读英语笑话学英语之可以说给妈妈听的笑话(14)：你能不能快一点？(双语)
Unit 14 Could You Hurry It up a Little? 你能不能快一点？
A man and his wife were cleaning out the attic when the husband found an ancient receipt.
一对夫妇正在清理阁楼，这时先生发现一张过期很久的旧收据。
“Hey, Nancy, look at this. It’s a receipt for a pair of shoes I left to be repaired and never picked up. It’s eleven years old.”
“嘿，南茜，你过来看看这个，这张是以前皮鞋送修的收据，我忘了去拿回来，足足有十一年之久了！”
“You know, that shoe repair shop is still there,” replied the wife. “Why don’t you just drop in there and hand him the receipt as if it were nothing unusual.”
“那间鞋店不是还在那里吗？”妻子回答“。为什么不跑一趟，把收据交给他，就当作没事发生一样？”
And that is what the husband did. Quietly the cobbler went to the back of his shop and poked around a bit, came back to the counter and said, “They’ll be ready next Tuesday.”
先生去了那家鞋店。鞋匠静静地走到后头，东翻西翻了一会儿之后， 到柜台说道“：下星期二才能修好！”
英语知识点解说：
1.clean out... 清理……
例：Tom's first job on the ranch was to clean out the stables.
（汤姆在这个牧场的第一个工作就是清理马房。）
2.attic n. 阁楼
3.ancient a. 古 代的；日的
4.receive vt. 接受
receipt n. 收 据
reception n. 接待
例：Be sure to get a receipt when you drop off your suit at the dry cleaners.
（你把西装送到干洗店时，别忘了拿收据。）
The politician got a warm reception from the crowd-they threw gasoline bombs at him.
（这 位政客收到群众热情的接待他们向他丢了汽油弹。）
5.repair vt. & n. 修理
It's never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。（谚语）
be beyond repair 不能修理
例：The mechanic shook his head and said, "This wreck is beyond repair."
（技工摇摇头说“：这个撞得太严重，没办法修理了。”）
6.pick up... 拾起／取……
例：If I don't pick up my laundry this afternoon, I won't have any underwear to wear tomorrow.
（如果我今天下午不去拿我在洗衣店里洗的衣服，明天我就没内衣穿了。）
7.reply vi. 回答
8.drop in 偶然拜访
其后不加宾语，若要加宾语，须再加介词 on 。
drop in on sb 顺道拜访某人
例：Most people are not too happy when visitors drop in unexpectedly.
（多数人对于不速之客来访都不太高兴。）
Drop in on us when you have time.
（你有空时顺道来看我们啊。）
9.cobbler n. 补鞋匠
10.poke vi. 摸索
poke about 乱翻东西
=poke around
例：He poked about in the bag for his car keys.
（他在袋子里翻来翻去要找他的汽车钥匙。）
11.counter n. 柜台
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