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英语笑话阅读 A Speeding Motorist(超速的司机) 奖励积分
A highway patrol officer stopped a speeding motorist. "Don't you know what the blinking lights and siren mean?" he demanded.
"Yes, sir," replied the driver.
"Then why didn't you pull over immediately?"
"I would have, officer, " the man said. "But last month my wife ran off with a policeman, and I was afraid you were bringing her back.
Notes:
(1) patrol n.巡逻
(2) blinking adj.闪烁的
(3) siren n.警笛
(4) pull over(将车、船等)开向一边让其他车、船超越
(5) run off with(sb.)与…私奔
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):
① The motorist speeded on the highway.
② The motorist didn't know what blinking lights and siren meant.
③ The driver didn't pull over.
④ The motorist's wife ran off with the policeman last month.
⑤ The motorist didn't expect his wife to come back to him. |
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