经典双语笑话 第13期:介词问题
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：经典双语笑话
英语课
Troubles with prepositions 介词问题
A new student was just finding his way around Harvard University. 一位哈佛大学新生正在熟悉校园环境。
"Excuse me," he aske an upperclassman, "can you tell me where the library's at?" “对不起，”他问一位高年级学长，“您能告诉我图书馆在哪里吗?”
"What appalling 1 diction," sneered 2 the older student. "I can't imagine how you could have been admitted to Harvard. “好可怕的用字喔!”那名学长嘲弄他道。"不知道你老弟是怎么获准进入哈佛的。
Don' t you know better than to end a sentence with a preposition?" 难道你不知道介词不要放在一个句子后面吗?"
"OK. Can you tell me where the library's at, asshole?" “好吧!你能告诉我图书馆在哪里吗，驴蛋?”
1.finding one's way 寻找
例句：Through the film, Po is finding his way home, which is very universal.
整部影片中，阿宝寻找回家的路，这是非常普遍的。
2.upperclassman 高年级学生
例句：There are a limited number of apartments for both upperclassman.
学校对高年级学生准备了有限的套房。
3.can't imagine 难以想象
例句：I can't imagine him deciding to throw his future away, whatever was happening to him at any one moment.
无论他的生命中发生了什么，我都不敢想象他会抛弃他的未来。
4.admitted to 承认；录取
例句：When I confronted them, they admitted to three visits in the past month, and another planned soon.
我当面质问他们时，他们承认在上个月去了三次，并且计划好了很快再去一次。
adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的
- The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
- Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。
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