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A number of years ago oil was discovered on some Oklahoma property that belonged to an old Indian. All his life the old Indian had been poverty stricken, but the discovery of oil suddenly made him a very wealthy man. One of the first things he did was buy himself a bigCadillac touring car. In those days, the touring cars had two spare tires on the back. However, the old Indian wanted the longest car in the territory so he added four more spare tires. He bought an Abraham Lincoln stovepipe hat, added tails and a bow tie, and completed his outfitwith a big, black cigar. Every day he would drive into the hot, dusty, little Oklahoma cow townthat was nearby. He wanted to see everyone, and be seen by everyone. He was a friendly oldsoul, so when riding through town he would turn both left and right to speak to everyone in sight. As a matter of fact, he would turn all the way around and speak to folks. Interestingly enough, he never ran into anybody or over anybody. He never did any physical damage or any property damage. The reason is simple. Directly in front of that big, beautiful automobile, there were two horses—pulling it.
很多年前，在俄克拉何馬州屬于一個(gè)老印第安人的地產(chǎn)上發(fā)現(xiàn)了石油。這位老印第安人一輩子貧窮，可是發(fā)現(xiàn)石油之后他一下子變成了大富翁。他做的第一件事就是給自己買了輛很大的卡迪拉克旅游汽車。那個(gè)時(shí)候，旅游汽車的后面有兩個(gè)備用輪胎?？墒?，這位老印第安人希望他的汽車在當(dāng)?shù)厥亲铋L的，所以他又加了四個(gè)備用輪胎。他買了一頂亞伯拉罕 · 林肯大禮帽，穿上燕尾服，又打上領(lǐng)結(jié)，全套裝備再配上一支大大的黑雪茄。他每天都會開車去附近一座作為牛市場的俄克拉何馬小鎮(zhèn)，那里不僅熱得要命，而且灰塵滿天。他想見到每一個(gè)人，也想每個(gè)人都見到他。他是位友善的老人，所以當(dāng)他招搖過市的時(shí)候，他會左拐右拐去和每一個(gè)見到的人說話。事實(shí)上，他還會調(diào)轉(zhuǎn)方向去和人說話。說來也有意思，他從來就沒有撞倒誰，或者壓倒誰。他沒有造成過任何人身傷害，也沒有造成過任何財(cái)產(chǎn)損失。原因很簡單，在那輛又大又漂亮的汽車正前方，有兩匹馬——拉著車呢。
Vocabulary
a number of 許多
Oklahoma 俄克拉何馬州
property n. 地產(chǎn)
belong to 屬于
Indian n. 印第安人
poverty stricken 貧窮的
wealthy a. 富有的
Cadillac n. 卡迪拉克
touring car 旅游汽車
spare a. 備用的
tire n. 輪胎
territory n. 地區(qū)
stovepipe hat 大禮帽
tail n. 燕尾服
bow tie n. 蝶形領(lǐng)結(jié)
outfit n. 全套裝備
cigar n. 雪茄煙
dusty a. 多塵的
cow town n. 養(yǎng)牛區(qū)的小鎮(zhèn)
soul n. 人， 家伙
turn both left and right 左拐右拐
in sight 看得見as a matter of fact 事實(shí)上
turn all the way around 轉(zhuǎn)換方向
folk n. 人們
interestingly enough 有趣的是
run into 撞到
run over 輾過
physical a. 身體的
in front of 在…前面
automobile n. 汽車
pull v. 拉
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