【生词预览】

resident住客， casually漫不经心地

【笑话原文】

A Real Winner

One resident of our retirement center loved to talk politics. Following the election, I asked him if he’d picked a winner. “Well,” he casually replied, “the man I voted for lost.” “You seem pretty calm about it,” I said. “That’s because the man I bet on won.”

【中文译文】

真正的赢家

我们退休中心的一名住客喜欢谈论政治。投票的第二天，我问他选的人是不是胜了。他漫不经心地回答：“我投票选的人败了。”我说：“你看起来挺淡定的嘛。”他说：“那是因为我打赌的那个人胜了。”

【词汇讲解】

1.resident住客。也可以指“居住的”：They engaged a resident tutor.
他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。

2.retirement退休／隐居。 He lives in retirement, away from everyone.他远离大家隐居着。

3.politics政治。要注意politic与politics的区别。politic是形容词，指“谨慎的／考虑周到的”，动词是“从政”的意思。

4.pick挑选。It took her two hours to pick a dress that suited her.
她花了两个小时才挑选了一件合适的衣服。也可以指“采摘”：Ripe apples pick easily.熟了的苹果容易摘。

5.casually漫不经心地。也可以指“偶然地”：I didn’t see him, except casually, in two months.
我两个月里一直没有见过他,除了偶尔相遇。

6.bet on打赌。