第十篇

　　WORDS

　　patron n.1.資助人，贊助人 2.老主顧，顧客

　　patronise 見patronize

　　patronize vt.1.以高人一等的態(tài)度對(duì)待 2.經(jīng)常光顧，惠顧? 3.贊助

　　pave vt.鋪(路)，鋪筑

　　pave the way(for)? (為……)鋪平道路，(為……)作準(zhǔn)備

　　payroll n.1.工資表，在職人員名單 2.工資總額

　　peanut n.1.花生 2.[pl.]很少的錢

　　pearl n.1.珍珠 2.珠狀物 3.珍品

　　pebble n.卵石，小圓石

　　peck vt.1.啄 2.匆匆輕吻 vi.1.啄食? 2.(at)小口地吃 n.1.啄 2.匆匆地一吻 3.(谷物等的干量單位)配克

　　pedal n.踏板，腳踏 vi.腳踏板，騎車 vt.腳蹬，踩動(dòng)……的踏板

　　peddle vt.1.(沿街)叫賣，兜售 2.宣傳，散播

　　pedestrian n.步行者，行人

　　peel vt.削……的皮，剝……的殼 vi.剝落，脫皮 n.(水果等的)皮，外皮

　　peel off 剝掉，脫去

　　peep vi.1.窺視，偷看 2.隱現(xiàn)，慢慢露出 n.1.窺視 2.(汽車?yán)�叭�?嘟嘟聲 3.(鼠、小鳥等的)吱吱聲

　　peg n.1.小釘，栓，掛物釘 2.樁 vt.1.用釘子釘，用釘(或樁等)固定 2.限定(價(jià)格、工資等)3.將……看成，將……歸入 4.投(球)等

　　peg away at 堅(jiān)持不懈地做

　　penalise 見penalize

　　penalize vt.1.使處于不利地位，不公平地對(duì)待 2.判罰

　　pending prep.直到，在等待……期間 a.1.未決的，未定的，待定的 2.即將發(fā)生的，迫近的

　　pendulum n.1.擺，鐘擺 2.搖擺不定的事態(tài)(或局面)

　　penguin n.企鵝

　　peninsula n.半島

　　perch n.1.(鳥類的)棲息處，棲枝，棲木 2.高處，較高的位置 3.鱸魚 v.1.(鳥)飛落，暫棲，停留? 2.(在較高處或物體邊緣)坐著 vt.把……置于較高或危險(xiǎn)處

　　Penguin=Trouble

　　So I was pedaling down the street the other day when this funny looking pedestrian crossed the street in front of me. I thought this kid was going to get penalized by the cops for sure since he was swinging back and forth like a pendulum. Well, I couldn't peel my eyes off this kid when I crashed into one of our patrons. Her pearls went flying everywhere like pebbles over the road that had recently been paved. As I got up off the road I paved the way through the crowd to retrieve her pearls.

　　When I heard a funny peep I looked up to see that the kid was a penguin!! How I missed that, I'll neverknow, but I'm sure the other messenger boy will peg away at me untill they take me off the payroll or something. Anyhow, the penguinpecked me on the cheek like a kiss and then sat down on my bag like he was patronizing me from the top of some perch. I'm not one to hold grudges so I reached into my bag and pulled out some peanuts. As I peeled open the bag someone threw a couple coins down into my hat, which I had dropped. They must have thought I was peddling the penguin for money!

　　Well, right then and there I reached down, picked up that money and pegged the person in the back of his head. He turned around and started chasing me. Naturally I ran and now my case in court is still pending.

　　But I never found out what happened to that penguin. I hope he made it back to his home on some ocean peninsula. I wouldn't want him hanging around the city much longer. He sure got me into trouble!

　　企鵝=麻煩

　　那天我正在街上騎車，突然有個(gè)樣子古怪的行人從我面前穿過馬路。我心想這個(gè)小家伙肯定要遭警察罰了，因?yàn)樗�像個(gè)鐘擺一樣晃來晃去。我無法把視線從這個(gè)小家伙身上移開，就在這時(shí)我撞到了我們一個(gè)老主顧身上。她的珍珠像小圓石一樣撒滿了最近才鋪好的路面。我加快速度在人群中為她鋪開了一條路讓她撿回珍珠。

　　聽到一聲奇怪的吱吱聲，我抬頭發(fā)現(xiàn)小家伙原來是只企鵝!!我永遠(yuǎn)也無法知道我怎么就沒有注意到他只不過是只企鵝，但是我確信其他送信男孩會(huì)一直抓著我不放，直到他們把我從在職人員名單上拿下來或是怎么的。不管怎樣，企鵝像親吻一樣在我的臉上輕輕啄了一下，然后就坐在了我的包上，就像從某個(gè)高處以高人一等的態(tài)度對(duì)待我一樣。我不是個(gè)懷恨的人，所以我把手伸進(jìn)包里掏出一些花生來。在我打開包的時(shí)候，有人往我的帽子里扔了幾枚硬幣，因?yàn)槲野衙弊拥粼诹说厣�。他們一定以為我在�?STRONG>企鵝叫賣!

　　就在此時(shí)此地我彎腰把錢撿了起來朝那個(gè)人的后腦勺扔去，他轉(zhuǎn)過身來開始追我。我自然是跑掉了，現(xiàn)在我在法院的案子還懸而未決。

　　但我一直沒弄清楚企鵝的下落，我希望他成功地回到了某個(gè)大洋半島他自己的家，我不希望他在城里做更多的逗留。他肯定是給我?guī)�來了麻�?