Free advice 免费的建议

英语笑话

A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party. Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice. After an hour ofthis, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer, "What do you do to stop people from asking you forlegal advice when you're out of the office?"

I give it to them, replied the lawyer, "and then I send them a bill." The doctor was shocked,but agreed to give it a try.

The next day, still feeling slightly guilty , the doctor prepared the bills.When he went to place them in his mailbox , he found a bill from the lawyer.

中文翻译

医生和律师正在一个宴会上交谈。他们的谈话常被一些人打断，那些人向医生描述自己的病症，期望获得免费的治疗建议。如此这般一个钟头后，医生有点恼火，于是他问律师：“如果不在办公时间，你是怎么阻止人们向你咨询法律问题的？”

“我会给他们建议，”律师回答，“然后我会给他们寄去账单”。医生很震惊，但他还是决定试一下。

第二天，带着点犯罪感，他准备了账单。当他准备把账单放到邮箱里时，发现了一张来自律师的账单。

词汇点睛

lawyer [ˈlɔːjə(r)] n. 律师

conversation [ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən] n. 谈话，交谈

constantly [ˈkɒntstəntli] adv. 经常地，不断地

interrupt [ˌɪntəˈrʌpt] v. 打断，打扰

ailment [ˈeɪlmənt] n. 小病，疾病

exasperated [ɪgˈzɑːspəreɪtɪd] adj. 激怒的

legal [ˈliːgl] adj. 合法的，法定的

guilty [ˈgɪl.ti] adj. 内疚的

mailbox [ˈmeɪlbɒks] n. 邮箱

口语实践

A　Can you give me a hand?

B　With pleasure.

A　能帮个忙吗？

B　很高兴为您效劳

A　Can I offer you some advice?

B　Okay. What's up?

A　我能向你提些建议吗？

B　好的，怎么了？

A　Just buy it. It's no big deal.

B　I should think about it more first.

A　买吧，没什么大不了的。

B　我得先好好想想。

A　If you don't do it, you might regret it later.

B　That's true. I don't want to regret it.

A　你如果不做，过后你可能会后悔的。

B　没错，我不想后悔。

★regret [rɪˈgret] v. 懊悔，遗憾