时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

   有一塊寓學于嘻的天地往往為英語自學者所忽視。 這塊天地就是發表在英語刊物邊邊角角里的英語 繞口令、謎語和幽默。任何語言大致都有三個層 次:語音、詞匯和語法。狹義而言,學習語言實 際上就是要掌握語言的這三個層次。而英語繞口令。謎語和幽默對于英語的每個層次都有涉及, 堪稱英語自學者的良師益友。


  許多同學在學習英語語音的時候,往往受方言的影響,發不準這個或那個音素。要糾正這些發得 不準的音,練習繞口令無疑是一種有趣并且有效的方法。 Eg. She sels seashells on the seashore. Eg. Six silly sleepers 1 slept softly on silk sheets. 繞口令是可以自編的,從詞典中找出一些含有同音素的詞來構成一句有趣的句子即成。
  有些英語謎語也有助于我們掌握語音。 Eg. What twoletters mean nothing? 答案是MT。MT的發音是,酷似empty的發音。這則謎語不僅幫助我們學會并且記牢empty 的發音,也可以加深我們對于失去爆破現象的理解。
  能夠說明詞匯問題的謎語,幽默可謂俯抬皆是,給我們提供的幫助也是多方面的。
  1.拼寫: What is the smallest room in the world? 答案是a mushroom。這則謎語幫助我們記住 mushroom(蘑菇)的拼寫,因為這單詞有一部分是room。
  A: Which seven-lettered word has three "u"s in it?  B: I don't know. But it must be unusual. B沒猜著卻說對了。這種戲劇性的幽默會使我們記住unusual的拼寫中有三個"u"。
  2.同音異形詞: Peter:Tom,why do you prefer a pear to an apple? Tom: Because it takes tow apples to make a pair(pear).
  3.一詞多義: Teacher:Tom, how many states are there in the US? Tom: Fifty. Teacher:Enumerate them. Tom: One, two, three, ... enumerate既有"數、點"的意思,又有"枚舉、列舉" 的意思。
  4.習慣用法: Teacher: Jim,why can't we lose our heads? Jim: If we lose our heads, we will have nothing to put our hats on. to lose one's head當作成語用時,意思是"失 去理智,驚慌失措",只有了解這一點,才能明白此中幽默所在。
  謎語、幽默說明語法問題的也不乏其例。例如: The Mother: My daughter has been learning piano lessons under you for quite a long time. What do you think of her execution now? The pianist: That could be a nice thing to do.
  execution既有"演奏",又有"處死刑"的意思,而物主代詞和它所限定的表示動作的名詞之間既可以是 主謂關系,也可以是動賓關系, 因此, her execution既可理解為"她的演奏",也可理解為"處她以死刑",顯然,鋼琴家理解的是后一種意思。又如:
  Willy:I thought I told you to come after supper. Milly:That's what I come after. Wiliy的本意是:我想我是讓你晚飯后再來的。然而如果我們不把 after supper看作狀語,而將come after看作是表示"尋求"的詞組,把supper看成這個動詞詞組的賓語,同樣的一句話就會變為"我想我是 讓你來找晚飯吃"的意思。顯然,這里的幽默產生于 對于句子結構的不同理解。
  的確,英語繞口令、謎語、幽默對于英語自學的幫助是多方面的,充分地利用這塊天地,寓學于嬉,定能 收到事半功倍的效果。

n.卧铺(通常以复数形式出现);卧车( sleeper的名词复数 );轨枕;睡觉(呈某种状态)的人;小耳环
  • He trod quietly so as not to disturb the sleepers. 他轻移脚步,以免吵醒睡着的人。 来自辞典例句
  • The nurse was out, and we two sleepers were alone. 保姆出去了,只剩下我们两个瞌睡虫。 来自辞典例句
标签: 谜语 幽默
学英语单词
active flank
adenylate pool
administrative-command
aggie
beam system
bedazement
Cajal
capsicum annuum longums
carbonyl cyanide
cascading
caseous necrosis
celery leaf spot
cholt
chondrodysplasia calcificans punctata
chronic cardiac insufficiency
clock pulse interval
Collichthys
compressed dehydrated food
cosmetic pharmacology
crown ward
cyclorectifier
cyturia
debit and credit guarantee
decelerated
digiprupurin
dual tire
electour
embryonic connective tissue
energetic particle event
frozen joint rail
Galets, Pte.des
generating circle (rolling circle)
Gentbrugge
genus Fissurella
genus oestruss
get the worst of
glucoemodin
grab loader
greenstriped
heat intolerance
hegewisch
hellier
high pressure airless spraying machine
high temperature heat-resisting aluminum paint
holkers
hooey
hyponymies
impulse turbine
jet overflow dyeing machine
just compromise
kilt pins
koror (korror)
la guinguette
Leptomischus primuloides
lipprotector
Maleanticonceptives
Mallen streak
matrix-like
merasty
meso- bronchus
message-oriented text interchange systems
metal airscrew
microspheroidal cracking catalyst
molybdenum deposit
monogeneans
Musgrave Ranges
Nakatsumine-yama
oil return line
Olds, Sharon
on-condition
operational excellence
out of the tail of one's eye
part inventory
PHGABA
photogel
pickup gear
plain stitches
punishment conditions
quadratura
ragged pink
rectifier cell
review-journal
S.Lat., S. lat.
scrappe
short-cycle
stufe
sublimated
super stock
system of Jacobi equations
talk english
Tanella
thinternational
to the tick
trialless
tricistronic
two-headed floppy disk
Tyndareus
vane diffuser
Viniegra de Arriba
weld metal
woman children