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[J-187] A Disordered Order 错乱的点菜
While looking over the bill of fare at a restaurant, a physician noticed the waitress switch her hand to her rump and seemingly poke a finger at her anus to ease a pain or itch there. Before the waitress asked “Are you ready to order?” the doctor inquired into her case with deep concern: “Do you have hemorrhoids or piles?” This inquiry made her reply: “Can't you just order a dish on our menu?”
[译注]
在餐馆里浏览菜单时，医生注意到女服务生把一只手转到臀部而好像把一只手指探向肛门要减轻那里的痛或痒。在女服务生问「准备好点菜了吗？」之前，医生深深关怀地探询她的病情：「你(们)有痔疾或痔疮吗？」这个探询使她回说：「你不能只点我们菜单上有的菜吗？」
注：1. “order” 有「秩序、命令、订单、点菜…」等许多含义， “disordered” 指「没秩序的、错乱的、失调的」。本笑话是错把医生的行话当成点菜的话语，所以是「一则错乱的点菜」 (“a disordered order”)。
2. bill of fare = menu (菜单), physician = doctor (医生), poke (用尖物刺), switch (扳动、转动), itch (痒), hemorrhoids = piles (痔疮), rump = buttocks (臀部、屁股), ease = lessen (减轻)。
[复习填充]
While looking over the bill of ____ at a restaurant, a physician noticed the waitress s_____ her hand to her rump and seemingly p____ a finger at her anus to ease a pain or i____ there. Before the waitress asked “Are you ready to order?” the doctor inquired into her case with deep con____: “Do you have hemorrhoids or p____?” This in_____ made her reply: “Can't you just order a dish on our m____?”
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