新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 40 Who's who
1 . 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 take him seriously.掛上電話後，他又馬上來到工人那兒，告訴他們若有個警察來讓他們走開，不要把他當回事，
2 . It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than else.誰也弄不清為什麼大學生好像比任何人都更喜歡惡作劇。
3 . Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.大學生們常常做的是製造一種可笑的局面，使大家笑上一場，當然受害者是笑不出來的。
4 . Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.警察與工人都對那個學生事先通報情況表示感謝。
5 . 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.當他看到那個工人真的是給警察掛電話，才恍然大悟，原來他們都成一場騙局的受害者。
6 . When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen.其中一個工人粗魯地回了幾句。
7 . Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away.果然，警察來了，不禮貌地請工人離開此地；
8 . The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper.兩個工人奮力抗爭，其中一個發了火，
9 . As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill.由於工人拒絕停下手中的活，警察想奪風鑽。
10 . 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。
11 . He threatened to remove them by force.於是警察威脅要強行使他們離開。
12 . Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.大學生擅長一種特殊的惡作劇——戲弄人。
13 . Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone.警察同意了，陪他來到一個投幣地電話前，
14 . Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen.一會兒工夫，又來了4個警察，規勸工人離開。
15 . He threatened to call the police.威脅說要去叫警察。
16 . At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.警察聽後譏諷地說，這大可不必，因為他倆已被逮捕了。
17 . He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people.還對工人說，有個學生常裝扮成警察無聊地同別人開玩笑。
18 . 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，是否可以打一個電話。
19 . The student did in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on.那個學生躲在附近一拱形的門廊裡，在那兒可以看見、聽到現場發生的一切。
20 . When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.最近有個學生看見兩個工人在學校門外用風鑽幹活，馬上打電話報告警察，說有兩個學生裝扮成工人，正在用風鑽破壞路面。
21 . 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.請消防隊來撲滅一場根本沒有的大火是一種低級騙局，有自尊心的大學生決不會去做。