（北师大版）高中英语选择性必修二课文与翻译Unit 4Lesson 1 What’s So Funny?第一课 有趣的小故事Story A故事 AA famous art collector was walking through the city when he noticed a dirty catlapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. He did a double take.一个著名的艺术品收藏家在穿过城市时看见一只脏猫在一家商店门口舔饮浅碟中的牛奶。他惊讶地又看了一眼。He noticed that the saucer was an antique and very valuable, so he walkedcasually into the store and innocently offered to buy the cat for 20 dollars.收藏家注意到浅碟是件古董，很值钱，于是他漫不经心地走进店里，假装不知情的样子，提出要花 20 美元买那只猫。The store owner replied, “I’m sorry, but the cat isn’t for sale.”收藏家注意到浅碟是件古董，很值钱，于是他漫不经心地走进店里，假装不知情的样子，提出要花 20 美元买那只猫。The collector said, “Please, I need a hungry cat with a good appetite around thehouse to catch mice. I’ll pay you 200 dollars for that cat.”收藏家说：“拜托了，我正需要一只又饿、胃口又好的猫帮我抓屋里的老鼠呢，我可以出 200 美元买那只猫。”The owner said “sold” and handed over the cat.店主说了声“成交”，就把猫给了他。The collector continued, “Hey, for the 200 dollars I wonder if you could throw inthat old saucer. The cat’s used to it and it’ll save me from having to get a dish.”收藏家接着说：“嘿，200 美元的话能不能把那个破碟子也送给我。毕竟这猫已经习惯了用它，这样也省得我再去买猫食盆了。”And the owner said, “Sorry my friend, but that’s my lucky saucer. So far thisweek I’ve sold 68 cats.”店主说：“对不起，朋友，那可是我的幸运碟。到现在为止，这周我已经卖出去 68 只猫了。”Story B故事 BSherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good dinnerand a bottle of wine, they retired for the night, and went to sleep.1（北师大版）高中英语选择性必修二课文与翻译夏洛克•福尔摩斯和华生医生...
