L40-1: Who’s who
It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. 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. Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
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. 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. He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
practical joke 恶作剧
hoax /hoʊks/ 骗局、戏弄、恶作剧
specialize in 专门从事、擅长
deception /dɪˈsepʃn/ 欺骗、骗局
crude /kruːd/ 粗糙的;粗略的;简略的;大概的;
self-respecting 自尊心
indulge /ɪnˈdʌldʒ/ 使沉迷
victim /ˈvɪktɪm/ 受害者
pneumatic /nuːˈmætɪk/ 气动的
drill /drɪl/ 钻
dress up as 装扮成
tear 撕裂;撕碎， tear up 撕开;扯坏;扯破;摧毁
take sb. seriously 把某人当回事
silly /ˈsɪli/ 无意义的，无聊的，愚蠢的;不明事理的;没头脑的
advance /ədˈvæns/ adj. 预先的，事先获得的
be grateful to sb. for sth. 对某人因某事表示感谢
今天有点飘，因为课文不难，读两遍就能录音交作业了。
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