听笑话学英语：Play for the forecast为天气预报演奏

　　[00:25.83][词汇扫描]

　　[00:29.81]Scramble,"急急忙忙地跑"

　　[00:34.59]turn out 结果

　　[00:38.88]take … aside …拉到边上

　　[00:46.91]I was in the band at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.

　　[00:53.36]Our group was required to play for all generals who arrived on base.

　　[01:00.21]So one morning, when our commanding officer heard on the radio

　　[01:06.34]that a General Frost was expected just after noon,

　　[01:11.60]he sent us scrambling to the flight line with our instruments.

　　[01:16.94]Turns out one of the musicians had also heard the radio announcement.

　　[01:22.89] He took the C.O. aside for a whispered conference.

　　[01:27.56]When they returned,

　　[01:29.19] the officer told us the performance was canceled.

　　[01:33.64]There was no arriving general

　　[01:36.51]-- we had almost played for the weather forecast.

　　[01:43.58]当时，我曾在南达科他州的Ellsworth空军基地的一个乐队工作。

　　[01:51.00]当有将军来到基地时，

　　[01:53.40]我们就得为他们演奏。

　　[01:56.43]因此， 当一天早上，

　　[01:58.82]我们的指挥军听到无线广播中说有一位名为 Frost的将来会在午后来到基地时，

　　[02:06.47]他马上让我们带上乐器，火速赶往停机坪那边。

　　[02:12.64]后来才知道，我们其中的一个乐手也听到了这个广播通知。

　　[02:18.01]他把指挥官拉到一边，耳语一阵。

　　[02:22.10]当他们回来时，指挥官告诉我们表演取消了。

　　[02:27.27]原来根本就没有将军要来

　　[02:30.70]-- 我们差点就给天气预告演奏了一回。

　　[02:46.95][逐句对照]

　　[02:50.91]I was in the band at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.

　　[02:57.29]当时，我曾在南达科他州的Ellsworth空军基地的一个乐队工作。

　　[03:05.30]Our group was required to play for all generals who arrived on base.

　　[03:12.09]当有将军来到基地时，我们就得为他们演奏。

　　[03:17.36]So one morning, when our commanding officer heard on the radio

　　[03:23.20]that a General Frost was expected just after noon,

　　[03:28.77]因此， 当一天早上，

　　[03:30.77]我们的指挥军听到无线广播中说有一位名为 Frost的将来会在午后来到基地时，

　　[03:38.58][即时讲解]

　　[03:40.85]general frost，在故事中是天气术语，

　　[03:45.20]"大部有霜冻"， 但被误认为了一位名叫Frost的将军要来了，

　　[03:50.98]因为frost本身是"霜冻的意思"，

　　[03:54.31]而且同时又是美国人的一个姓，

　　[03:57.70]再加上General 有"将军"的意思,这就难怪有这个误会了。

　　[04:06.18]he sent us scrambling to the flight line with our instruments.

　　[04:11.40]他马上让我们带上乐器，火速赶往停机坪那边。