[00:01.75]Lesson 40
[00:03.50]hoax
[00:04.88]骗局，戏弄
[00:06.27]Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke;the hoax.
[00:09.90]大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧——戏弄人。
[00:13.53]The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.
[00:15.96]炸弹的恐吓原来是个骗局。
[00:18.39]I can see through whatever hoax he chooses to stage.
[00:21.12]他不管玩什么鬼把戏我都能看穿。
[00:23.85]deception
[00:25.27]欺骗，骗局
[00:26.70]Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire
[00:29.53]请消防队来扑灭一场子虚乌有的大火是一种低级骗局，
[00:32.37]is a crude form of deception which no self-fespecting student would ever indulge in.
[00:36.53]有自尊心的大学生决不沉溺其中。
[00:40.70]"All warfare is based on deception"
[00:42.88]“兵不厌诈”。
[00:45.06]wrote the Chinese analyst Sun Tzu around 500 B,C.
[00:48.39]公元前5世纪左右，中国的军事分析家孙子写道：
[00:51.72]The company spread false information as a deception to mislead investors.
[00:55.20]公司散布假信息，借以制造假相，误导投资者。
[00:58.67]self-respecting
[01:00.36]自重的
[01:02.04]No self-respecting actor would appear in a pornographic film.
[01:05.12]自重的演员绝不会出演色情电影的。
[01:08.21]No self-respecting gourmet would go to a fastfood restaurant.
[01:11.38]自重的演员决不肯光顾快餐店的。
[01:14.55]indulge
[01:15.99]使沉迷
[01:17.43]Bozo indulged in the most high-flown speculations.
[01:20.37]博佐沉入了最最不切实际的幻想中。
[01:23.30]pneumatic
[01:24.73]气动的
[01:26.15]When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university,
[01:30.49]最近有个学生看见两个工人在大学校门外用风钻干活，
[01:34.82]he immediately telephoned the police
[01:37.25]马上打电话报告警察，
[01:39.68]and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen
[01:42.61]说有两个学生装扮成工人，
[01:45.53]were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
[01:48.02]正在用风钻破坏路面。
[01:50.50]The pneumatic boat can hold five people at the very most.
[01:53.46]这条气垫船最多只能坐五个人。
[01:56.43]Stilwell promised his brother a pneumtic gun on his birthday.
[01:59.71]史迪威在他弟弟过生日的时候应许给他一支气枪。
[02:02.98]drill
[02:04.30]钻
[02:05.62]The prisoner turned his toothbrush into a convenient drill.
[02:08.55]囚犯把牙刷改成了一把方便钻。
[02:11.47]silly
[02:12.79]无意义的，无聊的
[02:14.11]He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman
[02:16.78]他还说有人学生经常装扮成警察
[02:19.44]and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people.
[02:22.08]在别人身上搞些无聊的恶作剧。
[02:24.72]Never have I heard such a silly story.
[02:27.10]我从来没人听到过这么无聊的故事。
[02:29.47]In truth,such criticism is often silly.
[02:32.15]事实上，这种批评往往很无聊。
[02:34.83]advance
[02:36.25]预先的，事先获得的
[02:37.68]Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
[02:41.50]警察与工人都对那个学生事先通报的情况表示感谢。
[02:45.33]It is a popular show.so advance,so advance booking is essential.
[02:48.11]这演出很火，所以必须提前订票。
[02:50.89]We sent advance copies of the new book to all the papers.
[02:53.62]我们在新书发行之前给报社都送去了样书。
[02:56.35]archway
[02:57.83]拱形门楼
[02:59.30]The student hid in an archway nearby
[03:01.83]那学生躲在附近一座拱形门楼里，
[03:04.35]where he could watch and hear everything that went on.
[03:06.92]在那儿什么都看得见，什么都听得着。
[03:09.49]The visitors walked under the archway and into the palace.
[03:12.27]参观者穿过门楼，走进宫殿。
[03:15.06]The old man stumbled near the archway.
[03:17.58]老人在拱形楼附近趔趄了一下。
[03:20.10]remonstrate
[03:21.77]规劝，告诫
[03:23.44]Shortly afterwards,
[03:25.18]一会儿工夫，
[03:26.92]four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen.
[03:29.95]又来了四个警察，规劝工人离开。
[03:32.98]She opend her mouth as if to remonstrate.
[03:35.60]她张了张嘴，仿佛是想劝两句。
[03:38.23]Mrs.Percy had remonstrated with him about it.
[03:40.90]这件事珀西夫人劝过他的。
[03:43.58]ironically
[03:45.06]讽刺地
[03:46.53]At this,the police pointed out ironically
[03:49.02]听了这话，警察讥讽地说，
[03:51.50]that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.
[03:55.08]这大可不必，因为他们已经被逮捕了。
[03:58.65]My son knows how to waste his time without any help from you,
[04:01.89]不劳您费心，我儿子知道怎么浪费时间。”
[04:05.13]'said Mr.Nye ironically.
[04:07.31]奈先生讽刺地说：“
[04:09.50]Irony is not necessarily said ironically.
[04:12.32]讽刺的话未必要有讽刺的口吻来说。
[04:15.14]permission
[04:16.57]许可
[04:18.01]Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone.
[04:21.29]他的要求被许可了，一个警察陪他找了个投币电话。
[04:24.57]He asked permission of the monitor to leave.
[04:26.89]他请求班长准许他离开。
[04:29.22]Joe took the document without permission.
[04:31.50]乔未经许可拿走了文件。
[04:33.79]grant
[04:35.27]同意，准予
[04:36.74]There shall be no peace until you grant the terms.
[04:39.22]你一天不答应条件，就一天得不到安宁。
[04:41.70]A good goverment,in his opinion,
[04:43.73]在他看来，一个好政府会
[04:45.75]will grant freedom of speech to its citizens
[04:48.27]赋予公民言论自由，
[04:50.80]and will not attempt to control their opinions and thoughts.
[04:53.67]而不会试图控制他们的意见和想法。