英語笑話:Billing- 賬單

[00:31.14]ailment 小病小痛

[00:34.07]exasperated 使生氣或不耐煩

[00:39.08]英文原文

[00:41.05]A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party.

[00:44.38]Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people

[00:48.08]describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice.

[00:53.28]After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer,

[00:58.54]"What do you do to stop people from asking you for legal advice

[01:02.79]when you're out of the office?"

[01:04.55]"I give it to them," replied the lawyer, "and then I send them a bill."

[01:09.66]The doctor was shocked, but agreed to give it a try.

[01:13.45]The next day, still feeling slightly guilty, the doctor prepared the bills.

[01:20.38]When he went to place them in his mailbox,

[01:22.74]he found a bill from the lawyer.

[01:26.90]中文大意

[01:28.51]一個醫(yī)生和一個律師在一次宴會上交談。

[01:32.45]他們的談話總是被人打斷，

[01:34.78]那些人向醫(yī)生描述自己的小病小痛，并期望得到免費的醫(yī)療意見。

[01:40.54]如此這般的過了一個小時，

[01:42.71]這個醫(yī)生有點受不了了，于是他問律師：

[01:45.90]"在工作時間外，你是怎么阻止別人向你咨詢法律問題的?"

[01:50.09]"我會給他們建議，"律師回答道，"然后我會把賬單寄給他們。"

[01:55.40]醫(yī)生感覺不可思議，但還是決定試一試。

[01:59.24]第二天，帶著一點點內(nèi)疚，他準備好了那些賬單。

[02:03.18]當他把賬單放到信箱里的時候，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一張來自律師的賬單。

[02:17.89]逐句對照

[02:22.59]A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party.

[02:30.40]Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people

[02:33.69]describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice.

[02:47.12]After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer,

[02:52.28]"What do you do to stop people from asking you for legal advice

[02:56.24]when you're out of the office?"

[03:07.81]"I give it to them," replied the lawyer, "and then I send them a bill."

[03:17.37]The doctor was shocked, but agreed to give it a try.

[03:25.61]The next day, still feeling slightly guilty, the doctor prepared the bills.

[03:36.43]When he went to place them in his mailbox,

[03:38.90]he found a bill from the lawyer.

[03:49.14]多學一點

[03:53.78]ailment 小病小痛

[03:56.83]如頭暈，肚子痛之類

[04:01.08]An apple a day keeps the doctors away.

[04:05.23]Eating a banana a day keeps your ailments away.

[04:14.02]exasperated 意思是 to make very angry or impatient 使生氣或不耐煩

[04:23.56]He was exasperated at the fact that he was fired.

[04:36.50]重新聽一次故事原文

[04:39.49]A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party.

[04:42.91]Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people

[04:46.35]describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice.

[04:51.69]After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer,

[04:56.90]"What do you do to stop people from asking you for legal advice

[05:01.04]when you're out of the office?"

[05:03.06]"I give it to them," replied the lawyer, "and then I send them a bill."

[05:08.17]The doctor was shocked, but agreed to give it a try.

[05:12.01]The next day, still feeling slightly guilty, the doctor prepared the bills.

[05:18.68]When he went to place them in his mailbox,

[05:21.26]he found a bill from the lawyer.

賬單

一個醫(yī)生和一個律師在一次宴會上交談。

他們的談話總是被人打斷，那些人向醫(yī)生描述自己的小病小痛，并期望得到免費的醫(yī)療意見。

如此這般的過了一個小時，這個醫(yī)生有點受不了了，于是他問律師：“在工作時間外，你是怎么阻止別人向你咨詢法律問題的?”

“我會給他們建議，”律師回答道，“然后我會把賬單寄給他們。”

醫(yī)生感覺不可思議，但還是決定試一試。

第二天，帶著一點點內(nèi)疚，他準備好了那些賬單。

當他把賬單放到信箱里的時候，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一張來自律師的賬單。