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】



rural农村的,concession 1 stand小吃摊,purchase购买,grin咧嘴笑



笑话原文】



We Have Sound Now



For the first time in many years, an old man travelled from his rural town to the city to attend a movie. After buying his ticket, he stopped at the concession stand to purchase some popcorn 2.



Handing the attendant $1.50, he couldn’t help but comment, “The last time I came to the movies, popcorn was only 15 cents.”



“Well, sir,” the attendant replied with a grin, “You’re really going to enjoy yourself. We have sound now.”



中文译文】



现在电影是有声的了



多年来第一次看电影的老人从村镇来到城里看电影。买完票以后,他来到小吃摊前买些爆米花。



递给服务员1.5美元时,他忍不住说:“我上一次看电影的时候,爆米花还只要15美分呢。”



“先生,”服务员咧着嘴笑着说:“那您得真要好好享受一下了。现在的电影是有声的了。”





词汇讲解】



1.rural 农村的。与之对应的“城市的”就是urban。常常在新闻报纸上提到的农村地区就是 rural area。



2.attend。attend a movie是固定搭配,就是“看电影”的意思。类似的还有attend school上学,attend church上教堂做礼拜,attend a wedding出席婚礼。



3.concession stand。stand在这里不是动词,而是名词“售货处”的意思。



4.purchase意思是购买,常常可与buy通用,但它是较为正式的用语,常用于比较重要的场合。它可指以任何方式购买到东西;例如: They have purchased much furniture. 他们买了不少家具。 This country has purchased large supplies of rice from China.这个国家向中国购买了大批大米。



5.comment在文中是“发表意见”“作评论”的意思,是带有一些情绪的词。comment有一个用法是:No comment。无可奉告(回答新闻记者等的问题时用。)



6.grin咧嘴笑。不同于smile,grin特指这种咧着嘴、露出牙齿的 微笑。而laugh是“大笑”,chuckle是“窃笑”,guffaw是“狂笑”。



n.让步,妥协;特许(权)
  • We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
  • That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。
n.爆米花
  • I like to eat popcorn when I am watching TV play at home.当我在家观看电视剧时,喜欢吃爆米花。
  • He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn.他仍站在收银机后,嘴里塞满了爆米花。
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