时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:TED演讲视频集


英语课

   所谓pun,通常是指利用一个单词的两个含义,或者利用两个特定的单词,达到“一语双关”的目的。例如在下面这句话里,其中的grave有两个含义,一个是“严肃的”(形容词),一个是“坟墓”(名词),因此这句话的意思是:他不是一个严肃的人,除非他躺到坟墓里,才能严肃起来。再比如下面第二句话,其中的pray(祈祷)和prey 1(捕食),发音相同,外形相似,因此这句话的意思是:他们今天为你祈祷,明天就会加害于你。这就是两个典型的 pun.


  ①He is not a grave man until he is a grave man.
  ②They pray for you today and prey on you tomorrow.
  国外一个网站评选的2003年十大pun,下面是其中的三个例子,如果您能看懂、听懂,肯定会觉得pun很有意思。
  ①He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.
  他违章超速驾驶,结果将昂贵的名车撞到树上,他终于看到他的奔驰车(Mercedes)是怎样撞弯(bends)的。这句话的幽默之处是将Mercedes Benz(奔驰车)中的Benz,故意改写成bends.
  ②Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
  这句话乍一看,好象是说:时光像箭一样飞逝,水果像香蕉一样飞逝。其实这句话后半部分的真正意思是:果蝇喜欢吃香蕉,也就是fruit flies/like/a banana.
  ③A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tyred.
  这句话的表面意思是:自行车自己站不起来,因为它只有两个轮胎(two-tyred)。而这句话的另外一个意思是:这辆自行车被它的主人骑了很长时间,它现在太累了(too tired)。
  怎么样,pun是不是很有意思?我下面再列出三个pun,但不告诉您意思,请您自己琢磨一下。如果您能琢磨出来,那说明您的英语水平已经很高了。
  ①She wore a new hairpiece every day and was considered a big wig 2.
  ②Old math teachers never die, they just become irrational 3.
  ③When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

1 prey
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
2 wig
n.假发
  • The actress wore a black wig over her blond hair.那个女演员戴一顶黑色假发罩住自己的金黄色头发。
  • He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假发和假胡须来乔装。
3 irrational
adj.无理性的,失去理性的
  • After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
  • There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。
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学英语单词
'Ibillīn
acrossing traffic
aesa
anisogenome
bilgram valve diagram
Biot modulus
bitterly
brace pole of fly jib
Brackenridge, Hugh Henry
Burong
cabbage yellow
capitol-building
ceiling cavity
celiodynia
cordwood arrangement
cotes de provences
courtesy phone
cut off rate
cylic compound
detersive efficiency
diversion cut
DPTP10D
duplex boring machine
durable goods order
Elaeagnus grandifolia
elevation gyro assembly
eperythrozoon suis
epidemic capillary bronchitis
fantigue, fanteague, fanteeg
fungus resistance cable
furlans
gardner
government organization act
Halle-an-der-Saale
hardwired control logic
head trackman
in peril of
intermediate pintle
intrinsic safety barrier
intuitive appeal
isotonic diluent
kallistes
Korem
kurilensis
lattee
leave one's mark
lode ore
longtail boats
luminescent paper
magnetic prospecting instrument
medicinalis
microprogramming tool
milky stork
Morningstar rating system
mortgage security
multicellular cathode
Nitromen
no-first-use
nuclear meltdowns
one's pygmy effort
one-upping
ozro
paired sampling
philosopheresses
plain fashioning point
plentive
postboy
power amplification device
preservation of assets
private shipping business
psychological characteristic
quarter farthing
rag-and-bone shop
recently-launcheds
refraction hidden layer
regional chart
right-angled fork track
saxhorn family
sectional drive
seigneurial
serpins
severe weather
show me up
sibbald
signal button
single customs document
SmartMedia card
soil-releasing finish
spalted
split tooth
spotted wolffish
straw cutter with feeder
sub-continent
sumera
tableware washing and sterilizing equipment
taut-band ammeter
unvilified
uves
very-high-frequency omni-range (vor)
viscous-drag gas-density meter
wind rate
yellow henbanes