今天分享的是“最后一只鸡”的英文故事。

重点词汇
butcher n.屠夫，屠户;
flip vt.轻弹，轻击; 按（开关）; 快速翻转; 急挥;
scale n.天平；
faintly adv. 微弱地；模糊地；虚弱地
hesitate vi.犹豫，踌躇;不愿;支吾;停顿

This joke is about a man who has a clever, but not very honest idea. See how this gets him into trouble in the end. Enjoy!

(1) A butcher, who had had a particularly good day, proudly (2) flipped his last chicken on (3) a scale and weighed it. "That will be (4) 6.35 euros," he told the customer.
"That's a good price, but it really is a little too small," said the woman. "Don't you have anything larger?" Hesitating, but thinking fast, the butcher returned the chicken to the refrigerator, paused a moment, then took it out again. "This one," he said (5) faintly, " will be 6.65 euros."

The woman paused for a moment, then made her decision. (6) "I know what," she said, "I'll take both of them!"

(1) a man who cuts meat and sells it
(2) threw up onto the counter
(3) a small tool that shows how heavy something is
(4) you should read this as "six pounds, thirty-five pence"
(5) softly
(6) "I know what I want to do"

最后一只鸡
这个笑话讲的是一个有小聪明，但不太诚实想法的人。 看看这是怎么让他陷入困境的。好好享受吧！
一个屠夫，有一天他很开心，他非常自豪的把最后一只鸡翻到秤上称了一下。“这是6.35英镑，”他告诉客户。
“价钱不错，但实在有点太小了，”那个女人说。没有大一点的吗？”屠夫犹豫了一下，大脑飞速运转，把肌肉放回冰箱，停了一会儿，然后又把它拿了出来。“这个，”他淡淡地说，“5英镑，6.65英镑。”
那女人停了一会儿，然后做了决定。 “我知道我想要什么了，”她说，“我两个都要！”

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