第91期雙語笑話加練習題 法官的手槍（1）
One day Mel Martin stopped by the chambers of a judge with whom he had lunch appointment. As his friend changed from robe jacket, Martin noticed a shiny black pistol bolstered to the judge's shoulder.
The judge was not a firearms enthusiast, so Martin asked him why he was carrying it. His friend said that because of recent threats he had borrowed the pistol from the repository of confiscated weapons. Holding it up, the judge said, "I chose this one because it's so mean-looking, yet it hardly weighs a thing. I hope I don't need it, because I don't even know how to load it."
"It's not hard," Martin said, examining it closely. "We can fill it at the water fountain on the way out."
Notes:
(1) chambers n.法官辦公室
(2) robe n.長袍
(3) shiny n.閃亮的
(4) holster v.裝在皮套里
(5) repository n.倉庫
(6) confiscated adj.沒收的；充公的
(7) mean-looking adj.嚇人的
(8) load v.裝彈于（槍炮）
Exercises:
根據短文回答下列問題：
① Where did Martin stop by one day?
② Why was he there?
③ Why was the judge carrying a pistol?
④ Had the judge used a weapon before? 14ow do you know?
⑤ What did Martin think of the gun?
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