1. Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary, we hear you coming."

　　一家消声器店外:"根本不用预约,我们听到你来了!"

　　2. Outside a hotel: "Help! We need innexperienced people."

　　酒店门外:"帮帮忙!我们缺少常住小酒馆的人。"

　　3. On a desk in a reception room: "We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just left."

　　接待室的桌上:"三个一轮!我们要毫不留情地赶走第三个推销员!注:第二个刚刚离开。"

　　4. In a veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes, Sit! Stay!"

　　兽医的候诊室内:"稍候5分钟。趴下,别动!"

　　5. At the electric company: "We would be delighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't, you will be."

　　在电气公司:"如果你送来钞票,我们会很高兴;如果你不送,就会被断电。"

　　6. On the door of a computer store: "Out for a quick byte."

　　电脑专卖店门上:"出去找一个更快的字节。"

　　7. In a restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come in and get fed up!"

　　餐馆橱窗:"别饿着肚子傻呆在那儿,进来吧,吃顿饱饭!"

　　8. Inside a bowling alley: "Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop."

　　在保龄球馆:"保持安静,我们需要倾听大头针落地。"

　　9. In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully, we'll wait."

　　在墓地的前院:"开车当心,我们会等着你的。"

　　10. In a counselor's office: "Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional."

　　在咨询师办公室:"变老是由上帝控制的,变聪明是由自己控制的。"

　　(文/朱长华；英语辅导报初中教师版03~04学年第25期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)