Lesson 49
第49課
Father tells a joke
父親講笑話
Father is teaching mother to drive the car.
父親正在教母親開汽車.
He's very impatient.
他很不耐心.
Mother says he's the worst teacher in the world.
母親說他是世界上最次的教師,
Father says women drivers are terrible.
父親說女駕駛員糟透了.
He told mother a joke about a woman driver he knows.
他給母親講了一個關于他認識的女駕駛員的笑話.
This lady drove to a filling-station
這位女士開車到加油站
and asked the attendant for eight gallons of petrol.
叫管理員給她灌上8加侖汽油.
After the attendant had filled the tank
管理員替她灌好后,
the lady asked him to check the airpressure in her tyres.
這位女士又叫他檢查一下車胎的氣壓.
When he had checked the air-pressure
管理員替她檢查好氣壓,
the lady asked him to fill the radiator with water.
她又叫他把散熱器里灌滿水.
As soon as he had filled the radiator the lady asked him for a new dipstick.
他剛把散熱器里灌滿了水這位女士又找他要根新量油尺.
The attendant was surprised.
管理員感到吃驚.
"A dipstick can wear out,"he said.
他說:"量油尺是磨損不了的."
"My dipstick has," the lady answered.
"我的量油尺就磨盡了,"這位女士回答道,
"It's not long enough so I can't see if there is any oil in the engine."
"它不夠長,所以我無法知道引擎里有沒有油了."