外國最新英語幽默笑話精粹277:用沙蓋住影子(中英)
The soldiers had just moved to the desert, and as they had never been in such a place before, they had a lot to learn.
士兵們剛剛移駐到沙漠里,因為他們以前從來沒有到過這樣的地方,他們要學習的東西很多。
As there were no trees or buildings in the desert,it was,of course, very hard to hide their trucks from enemy. The soldiers were therefore g2vPn training in camouflage,which means ways of covering something so that the enemy cannot see where it is. They were shown how to paint their trucks in irregular patterns with pale green, yellow, and brown paints,and then to cover them with nets to which they had tied small pieces of cloth.
因為沙漠里沒有樹木和建筑物,要使他們的卡車躲過敵機當然是很難辦到的。因此,士兵們受訓進行偽裝,也就是說,要把一些東西隱蔽起來,不讓敵人看到它在哪里。教官教給了他們如何用淺綠、黃色和棕色在卡車上涂上不規(guī)則的圖形,然后用網罩住它們后,士兵們在網上還系了許多小布片。
The driver who had the biggest truck went to lot of trouble to camouflage it. He. spent several hours painting it,preparing a net and searching for some heavy rocks with which to hold the net down. When it was all finished, he looked proudly at his work and then went off to have his lunch.
一輛最大的卡車的司機,他為偽裝汽車費了很大的力氣。他花了幾個小時涂畫這輛車,并準備了一張網把車罩起來,同時他還找到了一些大石塊來把網固定。當這一切都于完以后,他自豪地打量了自己的杰作后,就去吃中午飯了。
But when he came back to the truck after he had had his meal,he was surprised and worried to see that his cannot flage work was completely spoilt by the truck’ s shadow, which was growing longer arid longer as the afternoon advanced. He stood looking at it, not knowing what to do about it.
但當他吃完飯回到卡車旁時,發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的偽裝效果全被卡車的影子給破壞了,他感到又吃驚又發(fā)愁,而且影子還隨著下午時間的推移而越來越長。他站在那里望著影子,不知怎么辦才好。
Soon an officer arrived,and he too saw the shadow, of course.
不一會,一位軍官走來,他當然也看見了影子。
"Well,” he shouted to the poor driver, "what are you going to do about it? If an enemy plane comes over, the pilot will at once know that there is a truck there.”
“喂,”他對那位可憐的司機叫道:“你準備怎么辦?如果敵機飛過,飛行員馬上就會知道這里有一輛卡車的。”
"I know, sir,” answered the soldier.
“我明白,長官,”士兵答道。
"Whel1, don’t just stand there doing nothing!” said the officer.
“嘿!不要光站在那里發(fā)呆了!”
"What shall I do, sir`?" asked the poor driver.
“我該怎么辦呢?長官?”可憐的司機問。
"Get your spade and throw some sand over the shadow, of course!” answered the officer.
“當然是拿起你的鏟子,用沙把影子蓋住呀!”軍官答道。
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