时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:英语笑话(MP3+文本)


英语课

【生词预览】



inspector 1检查员,cordially热情地,windmill风车,compartment 2车厢,eyelid 3眼皮



笑话原文】



German Visit



A man decided 4 to visit his brother who was stationed in Germany. He assumed that most Germans would speak English,but found that many people spoke 5 only their native tongue—including the ticket inspector on the train.



He looked at the man‘s ticket, then chatted cordially for a bit, making gestures like a windmill. The man simply nodded from time to time to show him that he was interested.



When the ticket inspector had gone, an American woman in the compartment leaned forward and asked if he spoke German.



“No,” he confessed.



“Then that explains,” she said, “why you didn’t bat an eyelid when he told you that you were on the wrong train.”



中文译文】



德国之旅



一个人决定去探望住在德国的弟弟。他以为大部分德国人会讲英语。但最终发现很多人都只说德语——包括列车上的检票员



他看了看男人的票,然后很热情地和他聊了一下,手势比划得像风车一样。男人一次次地只是点头示意他对谈话感兴趣。



检票员走了以后,车厢里的一个美国女人靠过来问男人讲不讲德语。



“不讲,”他承认。



“难怪,”女人说,“他跟你说你上错车的时候你眼睛都不眨一下。“



词汇讲解】



1.station安置,驻扎:the British forces stationed in Germany驻德英军;Hundreds of fishing boats are stationed there.数百条渔船停泊在那里。



2.native tongue母语。native:native silver天然银,native land故土,native produce土特产品,native plants土生植物



3.inspector检察员。sanitation 6 inspector卫生检查员;building inspector房屋验收;quality control inspector质量管理检查员



4. “making gestures like a windmill”在这里是伴随状语,前面讲检票员在和男人说话,这里的“手势比划得像风车呼呼转一样”就是形容检票员谈话的姿态。



5.compartment泛指分隔的空间。a storage compartment一个仓库; a small compartment一个小而舒服的地方



6.bat an eyelid是个特别生动的说法。bat是“眨”的意思,eyelid是“眼皮”,连起来就是眨一下眼皮。男人连眼皮都没有眨,说明他压根就不懂检票员说的话,没有任何反应。



n.检查员,监察员,视察员
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
n.卧车包房,隔间;分隔的空间
  • We were glad to have the whole compartment to ourselves.真高兴,整个客车隔间由我们独享。
  • The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里。
n.眼睑,眼皮
  • She lifted one eyelid to see what he was doing.她抬起一只眼皮看看他在做什么。
  • My eyelid has been tumid since yesterday.从昨天起,我的眼皮就肿了。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
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