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hit the floor

i'd like to translate an article from <Qingnian Wenzhai> as below -

One night in a hotel at Las Vegas, an old lady won a basket of 25 cents coins from fruit machine, she wanted to put the coins in her room before dinner, so she waited for the lift at hotel lobby.

When the lift door was opened, she saw two black guy inside, and one of them was really a giant. She was so scared to step into the lift, wonderring these guys probably wanted to rob her...she turned arround slowly and face the door.

After a while, the old lady was even stress....suddenly she heard one of the black guy at her back said "hit the floor", she immediately got down to the floor and muttered "take the money, don't hurt me..." The two guys helped her to get up, they stiflied their laughter and said "dear lady, if you don't mind, we'd glad to help you to push the button."

In the next day morning, the old lady received a bouquet, on the card it was written " Dearest lady, thanks for giving us a good laughter yesterday. your sincerely Michael Jordon & Eddie Murphy".

It's really funny!
Michael Jordon & Eddie Murphy" are both my kid's favorite stars.
I'll download it as his English reading stuff.
Thanks a lot!

[tt7].

回复 2#mayflower 的帖子

eh.....i hope there was no mistake on grammar and spelling[em07].

回复 3#混凝土 的帖子

take it easy!
just for fun at dinner time[tt2].

回复 4#mayflower 的帖子

[tt14]  oh yeah.

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回复 6#cocoyangyang 的帖子

thank you my dear!!!
should i put another note in Chinese?.

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回复 8#cocoyangyang 的帖子

there are two meanings -

1/ get down to the floor
2/ push the button of the floor you want to go.

回复 7#混凝土 的帖子

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this reminds me another joke in the elevator,
one day, a man stepped into the elevator, and see a very very hot girl inside, to his surprise, the girl asked him:"going down" in English, but the man is a Chinese, the pronounciation sound like "GouYinDang" in PinYin, the man was so stunned, and squeezed a word:"Yes".
therefore, the tips in the elevator are, if you are a girl, Please say "up or down", if you have to say something..

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there are two meanings -

1/ get down to the floor
2/ push the button of the floor you want to go [/quote]

now i got it:L.

给大家一个完整原装版[tt4] 　


On a recent weekend in Atlantic City, a woman won a bucketful of quarters at　a slot machine(老虎机，一种赌具）. She took a break from the slots for dinner with her husband in the hotel dining room. But first she wanted to stash （贮藏，隐藏）the quarters in her room.

　　"I'll be right back and we'll go to eat," she told her husband and she carried the coin-laden bucket to the elevator. As she was about to walk into the elevator she noticed two men already aboard. Both were black. One　of them was big ... very big ... an intimidating figure. The woman froze. Her first thought was: These two are going to rob me. Her next thought was: Don't be a bigot（顽固者）, they look like perfectly nice gentlemen. But racial stereotypes （种族成见）are powerful, and fear immobilized （使固定不动）her. She stood and stared at the two men. She felt anxious, flustered（慌乱的，狼狈的）, and ashamed. She hoped they didn't read her mind, but knew they surely did; her hesitation about joining them on the elevator was all too obvious.

　　Her face was flushed. She couldn't just stand there, so with a mighty effort of will she picked up one foot and stepped forward and followed with the other foot and was on the elevator.

　　Avoiding eye contact, she turned around stiffly and faced the elevator doors as they closed. A second passed, and then another second, and then another. Her fear increased! The elevator didn't move. Panic consumed her. My God,
she thought, I'm trapped and about to be robbed! Her heart plummeted(垂直落下）. Perspiration （出汗，汗水）poured from every pore（毛孔）.

　　Then....one of the men said, "Hit the floor." Instinct （本能）told her: Do what they tell you. The bucket of quarters flew upwards as she threw out her arms and collapsed on the elevator carpet. A shower of coins rained down on her.

　　Take my money and spare me, she prayed. More seconds passed. She heard one of the men say politely, "Ma'am, if you'll just tell us what floor you're going to, we'll push the button." The one who said it had a little trouble getting the words out. He was trying mightily to hold in a belly laugh. She lifted her head and looked up at the two men. They reached down to help her up. Confused, she struggled to her feet.

　　"When I told my man here to hit the floor," said the average sized one, "I meant that he should hit the elevator button for our floor. I didn't mean for you to hit the floor, ma'am."

　　He spoke genially. He bit his lip. It was obvious he was having a hard time not laughing. She thought: My God, what a spectacle I've made of myself. She was too humiliated to speak. She wanted to blurt out （脱口而出）an apology, but words failed her. How do you apologize to two perfectly respectable gentlemen for behaving as though they were going to rob you? She didn't know what to say.

　　The three of them gathered up the strewn （散落的）quarters and refilled her bucket. When the elevator arrived at her floor they insisted on walking her to her room. She seemed a little unsteady on her feet, and they were afraid she
might not make it down the corridor.

　　At her door they bid （祝愿）her a good evening. As she slipped into her room she could hear them roaring with laughter while they walked back to the elevator. The woman brushed herself off. She pulled herself together and went downstairs for dinner with her husband.

　　The next morning flowers were delivered to her room - a dozen roses. Attached to EACH rose was a crisp （硬的，脆的）ten dollar bill. The card said: "Thanks for the best laugh we've had in years. Your sincerely Michael Jordon & Eddie Murphy"

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回复 10#cocoyangyang 的帖子

"stifle one's laughter" means hold the laughter
- thanks for mayflower's correction.[tt9]

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this reminds me another joke in the elevator,
one day, a man stepped into the elevator, and see a very very hot girl inside, to his surprise, the girl asked him:"going down" in English, but the man i ... [/quote]
i saw this joke, really funny!.

回复 14#vivian2006 的帖子

thanks!
glad to see that i didn't make too many mistakes.....

回复 14#vivian2006 的帖子

this version is spiced up, more vivid..

回复 15#混凝土 的帖子

dear,
it should be 'stifle one's laughter'[tt2].

回复 19#mayflower 的帖子

[tt3]  i made a BIG mistake then....

回复 20#混凝土 的帖子

ah,  that's ok!
Since the word 'stiffly' is much popular in my office,which is often used when someone made a silly error in his work..

回复 21#mayflower 的帖子

[tt9]  thanks again!
I think this is the purpose to have this platform.[tt8].

Amused. haha..

just can not believe it, poor lady!.