Lesson 40 Who's who
真假難辨
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
How did the policeman discover that the whole thing was a joke?
It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else.
誰也弄不清為什么大學(xué)生好像比任何人都更喜歡惡作劇。
Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
大學(xué)生擅長(zhǎng)一種特殊的惡作劇--戲弄人。
Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
請(qǐng)消防隊(duì)來?yè)錅缫粓?chǎng)根本沒有的大火是一種低級(jí)騙局，有自尊心的大學(xué)生決不會(huì)去做。
Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
大學(xué)生們常常做的是制造一種可笑的局面，使大家笑上一場(chǎng)，當(dāng)然受害者是笑不出來的。
When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university,
最近有個(gè)學(xué)生看見兩個(gè)工人在大學(xué)校門外用風(fēng)鉆干活，
he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
馬上打電話報(bào)告警察，說有兩個(gè)學(xué)生裝扮成工人，正在用風(fēng)鉆破壞路面。
As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously.
掛上電話后，他又馬上來到工人那兒，告訴他們?nèi)粲袀€(gè)警察來讓他們走開，不要把他當(dāng)回事；
He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people.
還對(duì)工人說，有個(gè)學(xué)生常裝扮成警察無聊地同別人開玩笑。
Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
警察與工人都對(duì)那個(gè)學(xué)生事先通報(bào)情況表示感謝。
The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on.
那個(gè)學(xué)生躲在附近一拱形的門廊里，在那兒可以看見、聽到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)發(fā)生的一切。
Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away.
果然，警察來了，有禮貌地請(qǐng)工人離開此地；
When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen,
但其中一個(gè)工人粗魯?shù)鼗亓藥拙洹?BR> He threatened to remove them by force.
于是警察威脅要強(qiáng)行使他們離開。
The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.
工人說，悉聽尊便。警察去打電話叫人。
Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen.
一會(huì)兒工夫，又來了4個(gè)警察，規(guī)勸工人離開。
As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill.
由于工人拒絕停下手中的活，警察想奪風(fēng)鉆。
The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper.
兩個(gè)工人奮力抗?fàn)?，其中一個(gè)發(fā)了火，
He threatened to call the police.
威脅說要去叫警察。
At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.
警察聽后譏諷地說，這大可不必，因?yàn)樗麄z已被逮捕了。
Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station.
其中一個(gè)工人裝模作樣地問道，在被帶往警察局之前，是否可以打一個(gè)電話。
Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone.
警察同意了，陪他來到一個(gè)投幣地電話前。
Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
當(dāng)他看到那個(gè)工人真的是給警察掛電話，才恍然大悟，原來他們都成了一場(chǎng)騙局的受害者。
真假難辨
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
How did the policeman discover that the whole thing was a joke?
It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else.
誰也弄不清為什么大學(xué)生好像比任何人都更喜歡惡作劇。
Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
大學(xué)生擅長(zhǎng)一種特殊的惡作劇--戲弄人。
Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
請(qǐng)消防隊(duì)來?yè)錅缫粓?chǎng)根本沒有的大火是一種低級(jí)騙局，有自尊心的大學(xué)生決不會(huì)去做。
Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
大學(xué)生們常常做的是制造一種可笑的局面，使大家笑上一場(chǎng)，當(dāng)然受害者是笑不出來的。
When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university,
最近有個(gè)學(xué)生看見兩個(gè)工人在大學(xué)校門外用風(fēng)鉆干活，
he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
馬上打電話報(bào)告警察，說有兩個(gè)學(xué)生裝扮成工人，正在用風(fēng)鉆破壞路面。
As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously.
掛上電話后，他又馬上來到工人那兒，告訴他們?nèi)粲袀€(gè)警察來讓他們走開，不要把他當(dāng)回事；
He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people.
還對(duì)工人說，有個(gè)學(xué)生常裝扮成警察無聊地同別人開玩笑。
Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
警察與工人都對(duì)那個(gè)學(xué)生事先通報(bào)情況表示感謝。
The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on.
那個(gè)學(xué)生躲在附近一拱形的門廊里，在那兒可以看見、聽到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)發(fā)生的一切。
Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away.
果然，警察來了，有禮貌地請(qǐng)工人離開此地；
When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen,
但其中一個(gè)工人粗魯?shù)鼗亓藥拙洹?BR> He threatened to remove them by force.
于是警察威脅要強(qiáng)行使他們離開。
The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.
工人說，悉聽尊便。警察去打電話叫人。
Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen.
一會(huì)兒工夫，又來了4個(gè)警察，規(guī)勸工人離開。
As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill.
由于工人拒絕停下手中的活，警察想奪風(fēng)鉆。
The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper.
兩個(gè)工人奮力抗?fàn)?，其中一個(gè)發(fā)了火，
He threatened to call the police.
威脅說要去叫警察。
At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.
警察聽后譏諷地說，這大可不必，因?yàn)樗麄z已被逮捕了。
Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station.
其中一個(gè)工人裝模作樣地問道，在被帶往警察局之前，是否可以打一個(gè)電話。
Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone.
警察同意了，陪他來到一個(gè)投幣地電話前。
Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
當(dāng)他看到那個(gè)工人真的是給警察掛電話，才恍然大悟，原來他們都成了一場(chǎng)騙局的受害者。