schedule安排， lunar eclipse月蚀
【笑话原文】
Scheduled Lunar Eclipse
A listener called the disc jockey on the air at our radio station to ask about the upcoming lunar eclipse. “The eclipse can be seen at 1:30 in the morning,” the DJ told her. “That late?” the listener snapped. “I don’t know why they don’t schedule these things earlier, so kids can enjoy them too!”
【中文译文】
安排好的月蚀
一位听众现场打电话给我们广播电台的节目主持人，问即将来临的月蚀。节目主持人告诉她：“月蚀可以在凌晨一点半的时候看到。”那位听众厉声说：“那么晚?我真不明白他们为什么不把这些事情安排得早一点，好让孩子们也能一起欣赏!”
【词汇讲解】
1.schedule安排。 The secretary is trying to schedule the month's appointments.秘书正在设法安排这个月的约会。
2.lunar月球的。 May 5th of the a Chinese lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival.阴历五月初五是中国的端午节。
3.eclipse(日、月)食。也可以指“黯然失色”： During the seventies, her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代, 她的表演生涯黯然失色。
4.DJ disc jockey流行音乐播音员。VJ: (Video Jockey) 电视综艺节目主持人
5.snap厉声说。也有“拍快照”的意思： The photographer snapped a nice photograph of him.摄影师给他拍了一张很棒的快照。
