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2014-12-09 13:17:58
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![]() 1. I wrote a book about watch-making……everyone said it was about time. 我写了一本关于制造钟表的书……人人都说it was about time(差不多挺是时候的,那是关于时间的书)。 注:about time:关于时间,about介词:关于; about time:大约是时候了,about副词:大约。 2. Teacher: George, can you give me Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? George: No, but he used to live at the White House in Washing D.C. 老师:George,你能给我林肯的盖茨堡演讲吗? George:不能,但他过去住在华盛顿白宫里。 注:address:地址,演讲。George还以为老师向他要林肯家的地址呢。 3. Why was it so hot after the baseball game? ---- All the fans left. 为什么棒球比赛后这么热?——所有的球迷都走了。 注:Fan:球迷,风扇。 4. What happens to a flea when it becomes really angry? It gets hopping mad. 当一个虱子变得很生气时会发生什么事儿?——它暴跳如雷。 注:hop:跳跃;hopping mad:非常生气的 5. Judge: Have you ever appeared before this court in any other suit? Lawyer: Why, yes …..the navy pinstripe. 法官:你在其它案件中在本法庭上出现过吗? 律师:为什么问这个,是的,——海军细条纹衣服。 注:suit:一套衣服,诉讼。律师把法官的意思理解成(或故意理解成):你穿着其它衣服在本法庭上出现过吗? 6. Do people fish with a permit in this area? ---- No, we fish with a bait. 人们在这个地方钓鱼需要许可证吗? 不,我们用鱼饵钓鱼。 注:故意理解成:人们在这个地方用许可证钓鱼吗? 7. We've got the kind of President who thinks arms control means some kind of deodorant(除臭剂). 我们有这类总统,他认为军备控制是指某种除臭剂。 注:arms control:军备控制。讽刺一位美国总统很无知,认为那是控制胳膊臭味儿的腋下除臭剂。 8. Athlete: I'm going to write an article on jogging. Editor: Fine. But don't use any run-on sentences. 运动员:我要写一篇关于慢跑的文章。 编辑:好的,但不要用没完没了的句子。 注:run on连续,不分段 9. Mary: why are you bringing a jump rope to school? Terry: I'm going to ask the principal if I can skip a grade. Mary:为什么你带着跳绳去学校? Terru:我要问问校长我是不是能跳级。 10. Madge: I've been asked to marry thousands of times. Mindy: Really? Who asked you? Madge: My mother and father. Madge:我已经被几千次被要求结婚。(还可理解成:被几千次求过婚。) Mindy:真的?谁求婚? Madge:我的爸爸妈妈。 注:父母ask(要求)她赶紧结婚,而不是男人ask for marriage(求婚)。 11. What did the Atlantic Ocean say to the Pacific Ocean? Nothing, they just waved. 大西洋对太平洋说什么?——什么也没说,它们只是wave(波动,招手)。 注:Wave:波动,招手。 12. Construction company needs a man to dig holes --- Ground level position available. 建筑公司要招一个人挖坑——初级位置空缺。 注:ground level:地水准平面,初级位置。 13. Father: What should you do when you see our flag waving? Little boy: Wave back. 父亲:当你看到我们的国旗飘扬时你应该做什么? 小男孩儿:也向它挥手。 注:wave:飘扬,挥手。 14. Mary kissed her aunt good-bye but her aunt didn't kiss her back. Why? Her aunt kissed her face 玛丽吻别她的姑姑,但她姑姑没有吻别它,为什么? 她姑姑吻了她的脸。 注:Kiss her back:回吻她,吻她的背。
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