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第85章 罗马教皇和伊丽莎白女王

The Pope and Queen Elizabeth are standing on a balcony beaming at thousands of people in the forecourt below.The Queen says to the Pope out of the corner of her mouth“I bet you a tenner that I can make every English person in the crowd go wild with just a wave of my hand.”

The Pope says“No way.You can't do that.”

The Queen says,“Watch this.”

So the Queen waves her hand and every English person in the crowd goes crazy,waving their little plastic Union Jacks on sticks and cheering,basically going ballistic.

So the Pope is standing there“Uh oh,what am I going to do?I never thought she'd be able to do it.”

So he thinks for a minute and then he turns to her and says,“I bet you I can make every IRISH person in the crowd go wild,not just now,but for the rest of the week,with just one nod of my head.”

The Queen goes“No way,it can't be done.”

So the Pope headbutts her.

罗马教皇和伊丽莎白女王站在眺台上对着下面成千上万的群众微笑。女王冷冷地对教皇说:“我赌十英镑,我一挥手就让人群中的所有人发疯。”

教皇说:“没门,你不可能做到。”

女王说:“看着。”

她向群众招手,果然,每个人都欢呼起来,挥舞着手中的国旗。

教皇站在那里,心想:“哦,我该怎么办?我从没想过她能办到。”

于是他想了一下,对女王说:“我打赌,我仅仅点一下头,就能让人群中的每位爱尔兰人欢呼,不只现在,接下来了一周他们都会欢呼。”

女王说:“不可能,绝对不可能。”

于是教皇用脑袋撞了她一下。

1.balcony n.阳台,眺台

E.g.You can see the sea from our balcony.

从我们的阳台,你可以看到大海。

2.forecourt n.前院;前场

3.tenner n.十元纸币,十磅纸币

4.crowd n.群众,一伙;一堆,许多,大众v.拥挤,挤满,挤进vt.挤满,将……塞进;催促,催逼vi.挤,拥挤,聚集

E.g.They crowded around the table to get their food.

他们围着桌子领取食物。

Swimmers crowded the beaches.

海滨挤满了游泳的人。

The road is lonely in its crowd.

道路,虽然拥挤却是寂寞的。

5.wave vi.波动;起伏;摇动;呈波形;挥手示意vt.向……挥手示意;使成波浪形;卷(烫)n.波浪;波动;高潮;卷曲;挥手示意

E.g.flags waving in the breeze 在微风中飘扬的旗帜

The children waved to their teacher.孩子们向老师招手。

6.plastic adj.可塑的;塑料的;(外科)造型的

7.stick n.杆,杖,棍,棒

8.cheer vt.欢呼;使高兴;为……加油n.欢呼;愉快;心情;令人愉快的事vi.欢呼;感到高兴

E.g.The movie star was warmly cheered as he got on the stage.

这位影星登上舞台时受到人们的热烈欢呼。

I saw many students shouting and cheering on the stands.

我看见看台上有许多学生在欢呼和喝彩。

9.basically adv.实际上;直截了当地说,说实在的;总而言之[放在句首,作为修饰全句的状语]

10.ballistic adj.愿意为“弹道的;弹道学的”,在此go ballistic 意为“发疯的,发狂的”

11.headbutt v.用头撞

1.beam at对……微笑:

e.g:She beamed at me.她对我微笑。

2.go wild狂怒,狂热;发狂

3.go crazy发疯;疯狂,与go wild意思相同

4.Union Jack英国国旗;联合王国国旗