【生词预览】

cop警察，viaduct立交桥

【笑话原文】

I Don’t See any Cops

Two Kentuckians were driving a container car down a road when they came to a viaduct. The sign said 10 feet 5 inches, so they got out to measure their truck. Unfortunately, the truck was just over 12 feet high. They didn’t know what to do. Finally one of them looked both directions and said, “I don’t see any cops, let’s go for it!”

【中文译文】

趁警察不在 两个肯塔基人开着一辆大集装箱车。前面是一个立交桥，标志写着10英尺5英寸。他们俩下车量他们的卡车有多高。不幸的是，他们的车高超过12英尺。他们不知道该怎么办。最后，他们中的一个看了看两边说：“没看到警察，我们赶紧趁机开过去吧。”

【词汇讲解】

1.sign标志。也有“手势”的意思：I saw him making signs at us.我看见他向我们做着手势。

2.get out走开。也可以指“泄漏”： To his surprise the news soon got out.使他惊奇的是, 消息很快就泄露出去了。