Drinking Is Fun原版英文小故事內容：

Charles, a 29-year-old painter, tried to beat an 83-car freight train across the railroad tracks yesterday and lost. Fortunately for Charles and his two friends, the train hit the bed of his pickup1 truck. The force of the impact separated the rear of the truck from the front. The rear end of the pickup flew about 200 feet west of the front end. The train was traveling at 50 miles an hour through an industrial district. It was fully2 loaded with appliances and new vehicles from the east coast. There were no mechanical arms or flashing lights at the railroad crossing -- only a stop sign on either side of the two-lane road.

The accident occurred at 4:30 p.m. on a sunny afternoon. Charles and his two co-workers had stopped at a neighborhood liquor store at about 3:45. There they had bought a case of bottled beer that was on sale for $9.95. By the time they got to the railroad crossing, they were all feeling good. They saw the train coming and they heard the horn blowing.

1 pickup　n.拾起，獲得

參考例句：

I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用這輛汽車換一輛小型輕便卡車。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸運的男孩是女孩子們想勾搭上的人。

2 fully adv.完全地，全部地，徹底地;充分地

參考例句：

The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.醫生讓我先吸氣，然后全部呼出。

They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他們很快就完全融入了當地人的圈子。

3 racing n.競賽，賽馬;adj.競賽用的，賽馬用的

參考例句：

I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在電視上看賽馬。

The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.兩個賽車手伺機競相領先。