英語笑話:還有別的門嗎

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tardiness拖延，unacceptable不可接受的

笑話原文】

Is There Another Door?

Being the office supervisor, I had to have a word with a new employee who never arrived at work on time. I explained that her tardiness was unacceptable and that other employees had noticed that she was walking in late every day. After listening to my complaints, she agreed that this was a problem and even offered a solution, “Is there another door I could use?”

中文譯文】

還有沒有別的門?

一個新雇員從來不按時上班。作為辦公室主管，我得說幾句。我對她解釋說，她這樣拖拖拉拉是不行的。其他同事都注意到她每天都遲到。聽完我的話之后，她承認(rèn)這是個問題，她還提出一個解決辦法：“還有沒有別的門可以走?”

詞匯講解】

1.have a word說些什么。與word有關(guān)的慣用語：have no words for sth.無法用語言形容某物;get the word了解了;eat one’s words收回前言/承認(rèn)錯誤;at a word立即;say the word吩咐一下;upon my word說實在話。

2.arrive到達(dá)。arrive in Rome到達(dá)羅馬;arrive from Rome從羅馬到達(dá)。“來臨”：The time has arrived for you to study.是你學(xué)習(xí)的時間了。“被送來”：Day after day, the blossoms continued to arrive.日復(fù)一日，鮮花不斷送來?？谡Z里，還有“成功”的意思：The book was his greatest success; with it, he arrived.這本書是他最大的成就，他靠它出了名。“碰巧發(fā)生”：It arrived that the master had already departed.碰巧主人已離開了。

3.on time準(zhǔn)時，于指定時間：The train arrived on time.火車準(zhǔn)時到達(dá)。注意與“in time”(及時)的區(qū)分：Do you think we shall be in time for the train?你看我們來得及趕上火車嗎?

4.unacceptable不可接受的/不能令人滿意的/不受歡迎的。The proposal was unacceptable.這個建議不能接受。He was unacceptable to her.她感到他不合意。

5.complaint抱怨。Our complaints fell on deaf ears.我們的抱怨被置若罔聞。還有“疾病”、“訴訟”的意思：childish complaints小兒常見病;take a complaint to the police向警方提出控告.

6.offer提出。offer還有很多含義，比如“奉獻(xiàn)”：offer oneself to God把自己奉獻(xiàn)給上帝。“呈現(xiàn)”：John offered an embarrassed, almost hurt expression.約翰的臉上現(xiàn)出一種窘迫乃至自尊心受到傷害的表情。