情景英语：中级美语对话(第94讲)

94. As Poor AS a Church Mouse p.142

　　Anna and Eric are talking about the previous¹ lesson.

　　E： Wow！ Those store clerks really got lucky.

　　A： You can say that again. Some people are born lucky.

　　E： There must be thousands of old men just like that doctor， I bet².

　　A： That's probably true. And they must be wanting to draw up a will to give their money away， too. So the next time you meet a lonely old man， you'd better treat him right.

　　E： Come on！ What kind of person do you think I am？

　　A： Don't get so mad！ I'm just kidding！ Besides， you might not be so lucky and come across my old uncle， Jake.

　　E： What do you mean？

　　A： He's as poor as a church mouse！

　　mouse   mice pl.

　　Fortunately（Luckily）， our teacher was sick on the day of testing.

　　be born a swimmer， a miser³ = be a born swimmer

　　I bet ten dollars on our school team.

　　Thank you.    answer： You bet.（年轻人口语） = You are welcome.

　　Look at black clouds， I bet that it'll rain.    I bet 我敢说，我打赌

　　draw up 草拟     hammer⁴ out 草拟     draft⁵ 草拟

　　The rich country gave away food to that poor country.

　　Dad got hopping⁶ mad when Allen took the car without asking him. 气得跳脚