（日更）看笑话，猜谜语，学英语 2020.3.12

After being away on business, Jack thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift.

出差在外，杰克觉得回家时候给老婆带件礼物会是个不错的选择。

"How about some perfume?" He asked the cosmetics clerk.

“这些香水怎么样？”他问化妆品柜的柜员。

She showed him a $50.00 bottle. "That's a bit much," said Jack.

她给他看了一瓶50美金的。”这个有点多，“杰克说。

So she returned with a smaller bottle for $30.00. "That's still quite a bit," Jack complained.

于是她回去拿了一瓶小的过来，30美金。”这还是有点多，“杰克抱怨道。

Growing annoyed, the clerk brought out a tiny $15.00 bottle.

柜员有点开始烦了，拿出了一瓶特别小的，15美金。

"What I mean is," said Jack, "I'd like to see something really cheap."

”我的意思是，”杰克说，“我想看看钱特别少的。”

The clerk handed him a mirror.

柜员递给他一面镜子。

解释下，这个笑话的笑点在 cheap 这个英文单词。在英文中除了便宜，在口语中形容人时还有抠门，小气，不舍得花钱的意思。Not generous.

杰克一开始说了两次“有点多”，用的 a bit much \ quite a bit ，他以为店员是按照香水量而不是价格给他看货，所以他解释说，其实想看的是钱少的香水而不是量少的香水。他想要 really cheap 的香水，店员递给他镜子让他看自己，意思就是你看你自己就好了，因为你自己就是 really cheap ，非常小气。

今日谜语：

The one that makes it sells it.

The one that buys it never uses it.

The one that uses it never knows that he's using it.

What is it?

答案明日揭晓。