【生词预览】

appliance store 家用电器商店，blonde 金发碧眼女人，dye 染色， disguise 化妆／假扮，frustrated 沮丧的，exclaim （由于痛苦、愤怒）呼喊

【笑话原文】

We Don't Sell to Blondes
A blonde went to an appliance store.

“I would like to buy this TV,” she told the salesman.

“ Sorry, we don’t sell to blondes,” he replied.

She hurried home and dyed her hair, then came back and again told the salesman, “I would like to buy this TV.”

“ Sorry, we don’t sell to blondes,” he replied.

“Darn, he recognized me,” she thought. She went for a complete disguise this time, haircut and new color, new outfit, big sunglasses, then waited a few days before she again approached the salesman. “I would like to buy this TV.”

“ Sorry, we don’t sell to blondes,” he replied.

Frustrated, she exclaimed, “How do you know I’m a blonde?”

“Because,” he replied, “that’s a microwave.”

【中文译文】

我们不卖给金发女郎

一个金发碧眼的女人走进一个家用电器商店。

“我想买这台电视，”她告诉售货员。

“抱歉，我们不卖给金发女郎。”他回答。

女人跑回家，染了头发，回来又对售货员说：“我想买这台电视。”

“抱歉，我们不卖给金发女郎。”他回答。

“见鬼，他认出我了。”她心想。这次她来了个全副武装，剪了新的发型还上了色，穿了套新衣服，戴上了大大的太阳镜，等了几天后，她又来找售货员。“我想要买这台电视。”

“抱歉，我们不卖给金发女郎。”他回答。

她很沮丧地喊道：“你怎么知道我是个金发女郎？”

“因为，”他回答，“那是个微波炉。”

【词汇讲解】

1.sell 可作及物或不及物动词。文中的sell to是不及物的使用方法。作及物动词时，后面直接加名词表示“出售”。同时也有“出卖”的意思，例如：sell one’s country卖国

2.dye。 have sth. dyed或者 dye sth. 就是“给某物染色”

3.darn 是damn的变体，表示含有愤怒、厌烦、轻蔑、失望的感叹

4.disguise 化装，假扮。可以说：She disguised herself as a man with a false beard.她戴上假胡须女扮男装。

5.approach 靠近、接近，在文中，靠近售货员，其实就是去找售货员的意思。

6.exclaim 大喊。可加上介词使用，比如：exclaim against猛烈斥责；exclaim upon愤怒谴责