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095 Visual Training 视力训练

外国人讲:

The squad was having“visual training”.

One smart recruit was asked by the officer to count how many men composed a digging party in a distantfield.The party was so faraway that the men appeared as mere dots,but unhesitatingly the recruit replied:“Sixteen men and a sergeant,sir.”

“Right,but how do you know there’s a sergeant there?”

“He’s not doing any digging,sir.”

1squad[skwɒd]n.

2visual['vΙʒʊəl]adj.视觉的

3recruit[rΙ'kruːt]n.新兵

4unhesitatingly[ʌn'hezΙteΙtΙŋlΙ]adv.不犹豫地

中国人讲:

班里正在进行“视力训练”。

一个聪明伶俐的新兵被班长叫出来数远处旷野上采掘队里的人数。采掘队在很远的地方,那些人看起来只是一些小点儿,但是这个新兵毫不犹豫地回答:“16个兵外加1个中士,长官。”

“正确,可是你怎么知道那儿有1个中士?”

“他不干活,长官。”