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Recently my wife and I, along with a travel companion, were in the tiny town of Battambang in central Cambodia．We hired a guide to take us up the river to our next destination at Siem Reap．This was to be a sixhour trip followed by crossing Lake Sap, the largest lake in central Asia．Battambang is an extremely poor area, and our mode of transportation was a very small, old boat not much larger than the three of us．With six bags tied to the front part of the boat, four travelers, and the boatman, I figured we were overloaded by at least a ton．We frequently had seen four or five people on a single motorbike, so no one but us was concerned about our weight．We had been on the water only a few minutes when our pilot made for shore and jumped from our boat to another．Our guide said not to worry; he would only be a minute．He added, “We need to pick up live chickens for their legs．” My wife and I exchanged glances．We are pretty open-minded, especially when traveling in a third-world country．It was obvious there was little room in our tiny vessel for chickens．If we had to take them along, we were willing to hold them on our legs——there was no place else to put them．The thought even occurred to me that perhaps the chickens were needed if the boat’s tiny engine stopped in the middle of nowhere I had a vision of us holding them over the side of the boat while their tiny legs paddled(划)away, guiding us to safety．After all, our guide had said we needed them for their legs．We continued to make many jokes about live chickens drawing us to shore if the boat turned over and we were about to eat them if we were left on a wild island．Meanwhile our guide just gave us a puzzled look．Finally my wife turned to him and asked, “How many chickens are we taking?” At first he seemed totally surprised, and then a large smile spread over his face．He bent over and began to laugh uncontrollably．My wife turned to me and said, “I’m glad he finds the thought of us holding chickens on our legs for six hours so funny．”When he finished laughing, he looked at us and pronounced every word clearly and loudly, “No live chickens!” he said, “We need life jackets for the lake!” It took a moment for this to sink in, and then we all had a good laugh．In fact, for the next six hours he kept asking us if our “chickens” fit all right and then laughed wildly．“Americans, so funny!” he kept saying．

(1)

The funny story happened _________．

[　　]

A．

in the tiny town of Battambang

B．

on a motorbike

C．

on a small and old boat

D．

on a wild island

(2)

The pilot left their boat to _________．

[　　]

A．

pick up live chickens

B．

pick up life jackets

C．

make room for live chickens

D．

make the boat weigh less

(3)

Which of the following events truly happened?

[　　]

A．

The couple held the chickens on their legs．

B．

The chickens’legs paddled the boat guiding them to safety．

C．

They ate the chickens while they were left on the wild island．

D．

They made many jokes about live chickens．

(4)

The guide bent over and laughed uncontrollably because _________．

[　　]

A．

he suddenly knew what the misunderstanding was

B．

he found their thought of holding chickens on their legs funny

C．

he thought the American couple were funny

D．

he thought all Americans were funny

答案：1．C;2．B;3．D;4．A;
解析：

(1)

作者和他妻子以及其他游客已坐上一只又小又旧的船，刚行驶了几分钟，船又回到岸边，导航员跳到另一只船上去拿“live chickens”，而他们仍在那只小船上等着，这个笑话就是发生在当时。

(2)

船手的意思是“导航员去拿救生服，然后穿着它们穿过湖泊”，而由于这个船手说的英语叫这两个美国人听起来像是“live chickens for the legs”。

(3)

这对美国夫妇和船手都为这个笑话而大笑，因此在旅途中他们就以“live chickens”而逗乐。这能从最后两句话中看得出来。

(4)

当作者的妻子问船手准备带几只鸡时，这使船手惊奇了一会儿，最后他终于明白了这对夫妻把他说的话误解为“live chickens”，所以他笑弯了腰。


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