The Uninvited Guest不速之客

　　读故事

　　There was a brilliant flash of light from a bulb by the wedding photographer.It filled the length and breadth of the room, and for one brief moment it was like a bullet of light, bouncing off every brick in the building.I rubbed my eyes, wiped my brow, and tried not to bump into anything as I walked to the bar for a drink.The barman was trying to budget for the night, because the budget he had been given was so small, and the cheap budget drinks he had ordered in bulk were so popular.

　　However, before I arrived, I felt a breeze around the bump on my elbow, which was caused by a crazy butterfly of a big breed, as it tried to land on a small bunch of flowers pinned to the breast of a beautiful bride, who was inside a big plastic bubble.Its bulk was an obvious burden in flight, as the poor thing tried to bump its way to the flowers.It probably also had a problem to breed, or to land on a flower, because its weight would burden anything it landed on.I tried to bundle it into a bag.Noticing my problem, the groom then decided to breeze over and brief me on how to catch this troublemaker But he was a bundle of nerves as he tried to bundle up the courage to make a clean breast of the fact that he had left the door open.Meanwhile, the wedding guests tried to bulk around one end of the room, so the official from the Bureau of Big Things who was there to write a brief of the event, could bunch some flowers together to attract the troublemaker outside.If this could happen I thought I might brick up the doorway, to prevent its return.In brief, it was so difficult that we all left the barman to deal with the problem.

　　记单词

　　breadth 宽度，幅度

　　breast 胸脯，乳房

　　make a clean breast ofcomplete坦白，把…和盘托出

　　breed 种，品种vi 繁殖，产仔

　　vt 1. 饲养，繁殖; 2. 养育，培育; 3. 酿成，产生

　　breeze 微风，轻风vi 飘然而行

　　brick 砖vt (up)用砖彻，用砖堵住

　　bride 新娘

　　brief 1. 短暂的，短时间的

　　2. 简短的，简洁的vt 向…介绍基本情况，做…的提要n概要，摘要

　　in brief简言之，简单地说

　　brilliant 1. 光辉的，灿烂的; 2. 卓越的，杰出的

　　brow 1. 额; 2. 眉，眉毛

　　bubble 泡，水泡，气泡vi 冒泡，起泡

　　budget 预算，预算拨款

　　vi (for)编预算，作安排vt 规划，安排

　　a 低廉的，收费公道的

　　bulb 1. 电灯泡; 2. 球状物，球茎

　　bulk 1. (巨大)物体，(大)块，(大)团; 2. 主体，绝大部分; 3. (巨大的)体积，(大)量vi 变得越来越大(或重要)vt 使更大(或更厚)

　　in bulk大量，大批

　　bullet 子弹

　　bump 1. (against，into)碰，撞; 2. 颠簸着前进n 1. 碰撞，猛撞; 2. (碰撞造成的)肿块; 3. 隆起物

　　bump into偶然遇见，碰见

　　bunch 1. 群，伙; 2. 束，串，捆vi 集中，挤在一起vt 使成一束(或一群等)

　　bundle 捆，包，束vt 收集，归拢，把…塞入

　　bundle up1. 把…捆扎(或包)起来

　　2. 使穿得暖和

　　burden 1. 重担，精神负担; 2. 使重负，负荷vt 1. 加重压于，烦扰; 2. 负重，装载

　　bureau 局，办事处，分社

　　butterfly 蝴蝶

　　一道灿烂的光线从婚礼摄影师的灯泡里射出来，整个房间从长到宽都洒满了光。有那么短暂的一瞬，这光线就像子弹一般在房间里的每一块砖头上颠动着。我揉了揉眼睛，擦了擦眉毛，尽量不碰撞到任何东西，走到酒吧去拿一杯喝的。侍应正在为当晚作安排，给他的预算太少了，而他大批定购的低廉的饮料又很受欢迎。

　　可是，我还没走到那里，就感觉肘部隆起的肿块周围一股微风，肇事者是只疯狂的蝴蝶，个头很大的那种，它正打算落到一小束花上，那花儿别在一个漂亮的新娘的胸前，新娘呆在一个大大的塑料泡里。蝴蝶巨大的体积在飞行时显然是个负担，这可怜的家伙跌跌撞撞飞向那些花。也许它要产仔，或要落到一朵花上，恐怕这都会有问题，因为它的体积落到哪儿哪儿就会感到有重负。我试图把它收到一只袋子里。新郎注意到我的麻烦，他轻手轻脚地走过来，简单地教我如何抓住这个麻烦制造者。可是当他鼓起勇气complete坦白他忘了关门这件事时，他却紧张得要命。同时参加婚礼的客人准备全挤到屋子的一头，这样赶来写简要报道的要事局官员就可以把一些花扎成一束，把这个麻烦制造者引到外面去。如果他能成功的话，我想我可以用砖堵住门口，以免它再飞回来。简言之，这事太难了，所以我们就把它留给了侍应，让他来解决这个问题。