Lesson 95 A fantasy 純屬虛構
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Why was the Ambassador particularly lucky?
When the Ambassador of Escalopia returned home for lunch, his wife got a shock. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
‘What has happened?’ she asked. ‘How did your clothes get into such a mess?’
‘A fire extinguisher, my dear,’ answered the Ambassador drily.
‘University students set the Embassy on fire this morning.’
‘Good heavens!’ exclaimed his wife. ‘And where were you at the time?’
‘I was in my office as usual,’ answered the Ambassador. ‘The fire broke out in the basement. I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me. He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow posted.’
The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions, when she suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband's hat.
‘And how can you explain that?’ she asked.
‘Oh, that,’ said the Ambassador. ‘Someone fired a shot through my office window. Accurate, don't you think? Fortunately, I wasn't wearing it at the time. If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.’
New words and expressions生詞和短語
fantasy n. 幻想故事
embassy n. 大使館
ambassador n. 大使
heaven n.天，天堂
Escalopia n. 艾斯卡羅比亞(虛構的國名)
basement n.地下室
definitely adv. 肯定地
frightful adj.可怕的，令人吃驚的
post v. 派任
fire extinguisher 滅火器
shot n. 子彈
drily adv. 冷淡地，枯燥無味地
Notes on the text 課文注釋
1 get into such a mess,搞得這樣糟。
2 set on fire,放火。
3 Good heavens!天哪！
4 The fire broke out in the basement.地下室突然著火。
5 aim…at,用……瞄準。
6 get that fellow posted,把那個家伙派走。post可以與 letter, parcel等名詞連用，表示“寄”。如果把 post與人連用時，僅指把人“派往”政府的一個新職位。
7 Accurate, don't you think?很準，是不是？
這個句子可以理解成： Don't you think it was accurate?
8 If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.如果真戴著它，我現(xiàn)在就不能回家來吃午飯了。這是表示與過去的事實不相符合的虛擬語氣結構。 If I had been后面省略了 wearing my hat。
參考譯文
當艾斯卡羅比亞國的大使回到家吃午飯時，把他的夫人嚇了一跳。他面色蒼白，衣服也搞得不成樣子。
“發(fā)生了什么事？”她問，“你的衣服怎么搞得一塌糊涂？”
“滅火器弄的，親愛的，”大使冷冷地回答，“今天上午大學生們放火點著了大使館。”
“天??！”他的夫人驚叫，“那你當時在什么地方？”
“我和往常一樣，在辦公室里，”大使回答說?！暗叵率彝蝗恢?，我當然馬上下去了。但那個傻瓜霍斯特把滅火器對準了我。他認為是我著火了。我一定要把那個家伙打發(fā)走。”
大使夫人繼續(xù)提出問題，她突然又發(fā)現(xiàn)丈夫的帽子上有個洞。
“那么你對那又作何解釋呢？”她問。
“那個嘛，”大使說，“有人向我辦公室窗戶開了一槍。真夠準的，是不是？幸虧我當時沒戴帽子。如果真戴著它，我現(xiàn)在就不能回家來吃午飯了。”
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Why was the Ambassador particularly lucky?
When the Ambassador of Escalopia returned home for lunch, his wife got a shock. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
‘What has happened?’ she asked. ‘How did your clothes get into such a mess?’
‘A fire extinguisher, my dear,’ answered the Ambassador drily.
‘University students set the Embassy on fire this morning.’
‘Good heavens!’ exclaimed his wife. ‘And where were you at the time?’
‘I was in my office as usual,’ answered the Ambassador. ‘The fire broke out in the basement. I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me. He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow posted.’
The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions, when she suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband's hat.
‘And how can you explain that?’ she asked.
‘Oh, that,’ said the Ambassador. ‘Someone fired a shot through my office window. Accurate, don't you think? Fortunately, I wasn't wearing it at the time. If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.’
New words and expressions生詞和短語
fantasy n. 幻想故事
embassy n. 大使館
ambassador n. 大使
heaven n.天，天堂
Escalopia n. 艾斯卡羅比亞(虛構的國名)
basement n.地下室
definitely adv. 肯定地
frightful adj.可怕的，令人吃驚的
post v. 派任
fire extinguisher 滅火器
shot n. 子彈
drily adv. 冷淡地，枯燥無味地
Notes on the text 課文注釋
1 get into such a mess,搞得這樣糟。
2 set on fire,放火。
3 Good heavens!天哪！
4 The fire broke out in the basement.地下室突然著火。
5 aim…at,用……瞄準。
6 get that fellow posted,把那個家伙派走。post可以與 letter, parcel等名詞連用，表示“寄”。如果把 post與人連用時，僅指把人“派往”政府的一個新職位。
7 Accurate, don't you think?很準，是不是？
這個句子可以理解成： Don't you think it was accurate?
8 If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.如果真戴著它，我現(xiàn)在就不能回家來吃午飯了。這是表示與過去的事實不相符合的虛擬語氣結構。 If I had been后面省略了 wearing my hat。
參考譯文
當艾斯卡羅比亞國的大使回到家吃午飯時，把他的夫人嚇了一跳。他面色蒼白，衣服也搞得不成樣子。
“發(fā)生了什么事？”她問，“你的衣服怎么搞得一塌糊涂？”
“滅火器弄的，親愛的，”大使冷冷地回答，“今天上午大學生們放火點著了大使館。”
“天??！”他的夫人驚叫，“那你當時在什么地方？”
“我和往常一樣，在辦公室里，”大使回答說?！暗叵率彝蝗恢?，我當然馬上下去了。但那個傻瓜霍斯特把滅火器對準了我。他認為是我著火了。我一定要把那個家伙打發(fā)走。”
大使夫人繼續(xù)提出問題，她突然又發(fā)現(xiàn)丈夫的帽子上有個洞。
“那么你對那又作何解釋呢？”她問。
“那個嘛，”大使說，“有人向我辦公室窗戶開了一槍。真夠準的，是不是？幸虧我當時沒戴帽子。如果真戴著它，我現(xiàn)在就不能回家來吃午飯了。”