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Who's who 真假难辨
It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a non-existent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in, Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
谁也弄不清为什么大学生好像比任何人都更喜欢恶作剧。大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧——戏弄人。请消防队来扑灭一场根本没有的大火是一种低级骗局,有自尊心的大学生决不会去做。大学生们常常做的是制造一种可笑的局面,使大家笑上一场,当然受害者是笑不出来的。
New words and expressions 生词与短语
hoax
n. 骗局,戏弄
deception
n. 欺骗,骗局
self-respecting
adj. 自重的
indulge
v. 使沉迷
pneumatic
adj. 气动的
drill
n. 钻
silly
adj. 无意义的,无聊的
advance
adj. 预先的,事先获得的
archway
n. 拱形门楼
remonstrate
v. 规劝,告诫
ironically
adv. 讽刺地
permission
n. 许可
grant
v. 同意,准予
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