主人着火了

类别：幽默

罗利爵士在英国尝试吸烟，仆人误以为他身上着火泼水灭火，闹出一场乌龙。

时长 53 秒 · 语速 164 wpm

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Sir Walter Raleigh sent ships across the ocean to America. 沃尔特·雷利爵士曾派船横渡大洋前往美洲。

His men brought back two things that people in England had hardly seen before. 他的手下带回了两样英国人几乎从未见过的东西。

One was the potato. 一样是土豆。

The other was tobacco. 另一样是烟草。

Raleigh had heard that Native Americans smoked the dried leaves of the tobacco plant, 雷利听说美洲原住民会抽晒干的烟叶，

and he decided to try it himself. 于是他决定自己也试一试。

In England, nobody had ever seen a person smoke. 在当时的英国，根本没人见过人抽烟。

One day, he was sitting quietly in his chair with a pipe. 有一天，他叼着烟斗，安安静静地坐在椅子上。

His servant walked into the room and stopped. 他的仆人走进房间，突然愣住了。

Smoke was coming out of his master's mouth! 自家主人的嘴里竟然在往外冒烟！

The man ran out, grabbed a large bucket of water, 仆人拔腿就往外跑，接了满满一大桶水，

ran back, and threw the whole thing in Raleigh's face. 又跑回来，直接劈头盖脸全泼在了雷利脸上。

The fire was out. 火总算是灭了。

The servant was very proud of himself. 仆人心里还美滋滋的，觉得自己立了大功。

Raleigh was very wet. 而雷利被淋得浑身湿透。

After that, smoking spread across England, and then around the world. 在那之后，抽烟在全英国蔓延开来，后来又传遍了全世界。

Looking back, the servant may have had the right idea. 现在回头想想，那个仆人当时的做法说不定才是对的。