【生词预览】

foyer门厅、休息室，step on踩到

【笑话原文】

To be on the Safe Side

In a cinema, during a performance, one of the audiences gets up, making his way along the row of seats and going out into the foyer.

A few minutes later he returns and asks the man sitting at the head of the row.

"Excuse me, was it your foot I stepped on when I was going out a moment ago?"

"Yes, but it doesn't really matter. It didn't hurt at all."

"Oh, no, it isn't that. I only want to make sure that this is my row."

【中文译文】

保证没走错

在一家电影院里，一名观众在演出期间站了起来，沿着他那排位子走到休息室去了。

几分钟后，他回到那排位子并问坐在首位的那位男士道：

“对不起，请问我刚才出去的时候是踩着你的脚吗？”

“是的，不过没什么关系，一点也不疼。”

“噢，不，我不是这个意思。我只是想确认一下这是不是我的那排位子。”

【词汇讲解】

1. to be on the safe side 为了安全起见
例：Just to be on the safe side, we have to leave ASAP. 为了慎重起见，我们必须尽快地离开这里。

2. make one's way 向……进发，朝……走去：I made my way towards the harbor. 我朝港口的方向走。

3. at the head of... 在……的最前面；相反，“在……的结尾，末端”就是 at the end of...

4. step on one's foot 踩到某人的脚。 Sorry, I didn't mean to step on your foot. 对不起，我不是故意踩你的。

5.hurt疼痛／使受伤。现在流行的“伤不起”怎么翻译呢？就是can’t afford any hurt