时间:2019-01-28 作者:英语课 分类:英语小达人


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   You've Swallowed My Sock!


  你吞了我的袜子!
  A young man and a young woman were soon to be married, but they both had a problem they had never told anyone else about.
  一对年轻人就要结婚了,可是他们各自都有一个毛病从没跟对方说过。
  The man approached his father the day before the wedding and told him about his problem. His feet REALLY stunk 1, even if he washed them constantly, he was worried that this wound scare off his new bride, so he needed a solution, fast.
  小伙子在婚礼前一天去找爸爸商量。他的问题是他的脚实在是太臭了,虽然他经常洗。他担心自己的臭脚会把新娘子吓跑,所以他需要爸爸帮他想一个立竿见影的办法。
  His father pondered 2 the situation and finally told his son to wear socks constantly (even to bed) and always wash his feet whenever he got a chance.
  爸爸思前想后终于想到一个方法。他要儿子一直穿着袜子(上床睡觉时也不例外),并且只要有机会就随时洗脚。
  Meanwhile the young lady approached her mother and told her about her problem. Her morning breath was bad. Her mother reassured 3 her that everyone had bad morning breath. The young woman told her mother that she got really horrid 4 morning breath.
  与此同时,准新娘也在找妈妈帮忙。她的问题是睡觉起来后会有口臭。妈妈安慰她说每个人起床后都会有口臭,可是她告诉妈妈她的口臭确实非常严重。
  The mother thought about this and told her daughter to get up earlier than everyone else and not say a thing, go make breakfast and then brush her teeth while the others are eating. The young woman thought and then ran off to get ready for the wedding, happy.
  妈妈想了想后要她这样做:每天早上赶在所有人前面起床,起床后不要说话马上去做早饭,然后在别人吃饭的时候去刷牙。准新娘想了想就高兴地跑开为婚礼做准备去了。
  The couple is married and they are happy, him with his perpetual 5 socks and her with her morning silences.
  这对年轻人结婚后幸福地生活在一起。他一直穿着袜子,她起床后保持沉默。
  One morning about 5:00 a.m. the young man wakes up to find one sock missing. He starts rustling 6 around in the bed looking for it, which of course wakes up his wife, who without thinking asks what's worng.
  一天早上5点钟的时候,他醒来发现一只脚上的袜子不见了,就开始在床上狂找一气,这样当然就把他的妻子吵醒了。她想都没想,张嘴就问他在干什么。
  With a look of shock on his face the young man says, "OH MY GOD! You've swallowed my sock!"
  他一脸震惊地说:“天哪!你吞了我的袜子!”
  重点讲解:
  1. scare off
  吓跑;吓退;把…吓跑;
  eg. I don't think that revealing your past to your boyfriend scared him off.
  我并不认为是因为你把自己的过去向男朋友坦白才把他吓跑的。
  eg. They lighted a fire to scare off the wolves.
  他们点了一堆火来吓跑狼群。
  2. get ready for
  为……做准备;
  eg. He was busy getting ready for his journey.
  他正忙于准备旅行。
  eg. This guy's a nut and you'd better get ready for rainy days.
  这个家伙是一个难对付的人,你最好是未雨绸缪。
  3. wake up
  醒;醒来;唤醒;弄醒;
  eg. One morning I woke up and felt something was wrong.
  一天早上我醒过来后感觉有些不对劲。
  eg. At dawn I woke him up and said we were leaving.
  黎明时分,我把他叫醒,告诉他我们要走了。

v.散发出恶臭( stink的过去分词 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透
  • Those rotten eggs have stunk the place. 那些臭蛋把这个地方弄得恶臭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • A stunk made a bad smell in our yard last night. 昨天臭鼬在我们院子里弄得好臭。 来自互联网
考虑( ponder的过去式和过去分词 ); 深思熟虑; 沉思; 琢磨
  • She pondered over his words. 她反复琢磨他的话。
  • She pondered his marriage proposal for weeks. 几个星期以来她认真地考虑着他的求婚。
adj.使消除疑虑的;使放心的v.再保证,恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)
  • The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的
  • I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
  • The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃,她咽不下去。
adj.永久的,长期的,无休止的
  • He is on a perpetual search for truth.他毕生在寻求真理。
  • The wind and the water were carrying on their perpetual quarrel.风和海水正进行着它们那永无休止的争吵。
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