【生词预览】

test测试，list列出，sternly严厉地

【笑话原文】

My Dream Job

I found a dream job—testing computer games. My first day at work I was listing testing plans in an Excel program when my manager walked by. He looked at my screen for a moment, then said sternly, “I’d better not catch you using Excel on company time when you know you should be playing games.”

【中文译文】

梦寐以求的工作

我找到了我梦寐以求的工作——测试电脑游戏。上班第一天，我正在用Excel电子表软件做测试计划，我的上司从旁边走过。他对着我的屏幕看了一阵，然后严厉地说：“最好不要让我抓到你在上班时间用电子表。你知道，你上班时间应该玩游戏。”

【词汇讲解】

1.test测试／测验／化验 The teacher tested the students’ knowledge of English grammar.老师测验学生的英语语法知识。test ore for iron化验矿石以确定是否含铁；be tested for tuberculosis接受结核病检查

2.list列出。Mother listed the items she wanted to buy before Christmas.母亲把圣诞节前要买的东西开了张单子。His name is listed in the telephone directory.电话簿上登有他的名字。还可以指“列举”：In the discussion, he listed a wide variety of problems.在讨论中他列举了一大堆各种各样的问题。

3.Excel微软出品的电子表格软件。excel这个词本身是什么意思呢？这是一个动词，意思是“胜过／优于／突出”，可以是及物或不及物：excel at chess棋艺精湛。He excelled all other poets of his day.他胜过同时代的所有其他诗人。He excels as an orator.他是个出类拔萃的演说家。

4.sternly严厉地。形容词是stern严厉的／严峻的／坚定的：a stern punishment严厉的处罚；take stern measures采取严格措施；a stern teacher严格的老师; a stern resolve毫不动摇的决心；be stern against sth.坚定不移地反对某事。Don’t get too stern with them.不要对他们过分严格。

5.“ I’d better not catch you…”这是典型的“had better do sth.”的句型，后面要加的是动词原型，有否定词要跟在better后面。

6.catch抓住。catch是个多义词，比如“赶上”：We caught him before he had gone far.他还没有走远，我们就追上了他。 “偶然发现”：They were caught trying to corner the rice market.他们被发觉企图垄断大米市场。
“击中”：She caught him one on the cheek.她打了他一记耳光