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野马 bronco [英][ˈbrɔŋkəu] [美][ˈbrɑŋko] 中英文小故事：牛仔骑野马 艾德和泰德去集市。他们遇到了一个人群聚集的一个摊位，他们决定去看一看。“发生了什么事？”艾德问一个观众。 “我们看看，是否有一些白痴能骑那部野马机。”一个观众说，并朝着一个可怕的机器点头：“没有人能够呆上整整三分钟呢。如果谁能做到，就可以获得一个奖励，可以得到1000美元。” “我能做到！” 艾德自信地说。 “你不能！”泰德说。 “我当然可以！” 艾德说。 “你如果想骑那怪物，会把你自己杀死的。”泰德说。 “看我的！”艾德骑上那部野马机。 那部机器开始启动，向上和向下，从一边到另一边的绕圈子。两分钟后机器几乎垂直旋转直到艾德昏头昏脑。但三分钟过去了，他仍然在机器的上面。人群传来欢呼和呐喊声音。 他下了马，把奖金拿上，重返泰德身边。 “你究竟在哪里学会骑野马？”泰德问。 “记得三个月前，”艾德说…“当我有百日咳……” Ride them, cowboy! Ed and Ted went to the fair. They came across a small crowd gathered around a stall and went over to take a look. "What's going on?" Ed asked one of the crowd. "We're watching to see if some idiot can ride that bronco machine," he said nodding towards a fearsome looking machine. "Nobody has managed to stay on for the full three minutes yet. And there's a prize of $1000 for anybody who can. "I can do that!" Ed said confidently. "No you can't," said Ted. "I sure as hell can!" said Ed. "You'll get yourself killed if you try and ride that monster," said Ted. "Watch this," said Ed and climbed aboard the bronco machine. The machine thrashed wildly, up and down, from side to side, around in circles but still a grim-faced Ed clung to its back. After two minutes the machine was bucking almost vertically and spinning until Ed was a blur. But when the three minutes were up Ed was still on the machine's back acknowledging the cheers and cries from the small crowd. He dismounted, collected his winnings and rejoined Ted. "Where in hell did you learn to ride a bucking bronco like that?" Ted asked. "Remember three months ago," Ed said... "When I had whooping cough...?" |
