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[J-118] The Blouse as a Buoy 上衣当浮圈
My swimming instructor was quizzing a group of us on Red Cross life saving and water safety techniques. We answered all her questions easily until she posed this one: “Which article of clothing would you remove last if you were catapulted from a boat or dock fully clothed?”
It was evident that we didn't know, so the instructor helped us. “The blouse,” she said, “because the air gets under the blouse and acts like a buoy!”
The subsequent uproar ended the class.
[译注] 我的游泳教师在考我们一群人有关红十字的救生和水上安全技巧。我们很容易地回答她所有的问题，直到她提到这一个：「哪一件衣服你会最后拿掉，如果你从船上或船坞被弹射出去而身上穿满衣服？」
显然我们不晓得，所以老师就帮我们忙。「上衣啦，」她说，「因为空气跑到上衣之下，而作用就像浮圈！」
接下来的喧嚣结束了那堂课。
注： quiz (考试，给小测验)， pose a question (提一个问题)， an article of clothing (一件衣物)， remove (除去)， catapult (弹射出去)， dock (船坞)， clothed (穿好衣服)， blouse (宽松的上衣)， buoy (浮标、浮筒、浮圈、救生圈)， subsequent (接续的)， uproar (喧嚣、骚动)。
[复习填充] My swimming instructor was q______ a group of us on Red Cross life saving and water safety techniques. We answered all her questions easily until she p____ this one: “Which ar_____ of clothing would you remove last if you were ca________ from a boat or dock fully clothed?” It was evident that we didn't know, so the instructor helped us. “The b_____,” she said, “because the air gets under the blouse and acts like a b___!”
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