A Good Solution

时间：2010-11-26 01:24:53

（单词翻译:单击）

A gentleman was sitting quietly in a first-class compartment1. Two ladies got in. One of them saw that the window was open and she shut it before sitting down.

"Open it again," said the second lady, "I'll die of suffocation2（窒息，闷死） if there is no fresh air."

"I won't open it," said the first lady, "I'll die of cold if the window is open."

A querrel started, and it continued until the gentleman spoke3:

"Let's have the window shut until this lady has died of suffocation, and then we can have it open until this lady has died of cold. After that it will be nice and quiet in here again."


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1 compartment dOFz6     
n.卧车包房，隔间；分隔的空间
参考例句：
  • We were glad to have the whole compartment to ourselves.真高兴，整个客车隔间由我们独享。
  • The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里。
2 suffocation b834eadeaf680f6ffcb13068245a1fed     
n.窒息
参考例句：
  • The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。 来自辞典例句
  • The room was hot to suffocation. 房间热得闷人。 来自辞典例句
3 spoke XryyC     
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

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