英語笑話:你是踢什么位置的？
shin脛骨，umptieth第無數(shù)次的
【笑話原文】
What Position Do You Play?
After I had injured one of my shins for the umptieth time, my doctor suggested I wear some sort of protection. Remembering the shin guards I wore when I played soccer over 60 years ago, I went to a sporting goods store. I’m a petite, elderly woman, so when a young man came to help me, I said, “Don’t laugh, but I’m looking for a pair of shin guards for soccer.” “Okay,” he said with a completely straight face. “What position do you play?”
【中文譯文】
你是踢什么位置的?
在我無數(shù)次傷到一根脛骨以后，醫(yī)生建議我采取一些保護措施。我記得六十多年前提足球時戴過的護脛，就到一家體育用品商店去。我是一個瘦小的老太太。所以，當一個年輕小伙子過來招呼我的時候，我對他說：“不要笑話我。我要買一副踢足球用的護脛。”他非常嚴肅地說：“你是踢什么位置的?”
【詞匯講解】
1.shin脛骨。也可以作動詞，指“攀”： Tom shinned up the tree.湯姆爬上了樹。
2.shin guard (足球、冰球等運動員戴的)護脛。
3.petite 嬌小的。her petite figure 她瘦小的外形
4.straight嚴肅的。也可以指“直率的”：He is straight in his dealings.他待人待物正直老實。“連續(xù)的”：The straight flow of the brook formed a ravine.不間斷的溪水形成了一個峽谷。
5.position位置。也可以指“姿態(tài)”：From time to time he shifted his position on the handlebars.他不斷地變換著握把的姿勢。
