關於英語翻譯的笑話閱讀 英語美文欣賞
笑話是我們工作學習之餘緩解壓力、舒緩情緒的重要渠道。下面是本站小編帶來的關於英語翻譯的笑話，歡迎閱讀!
Long Life
A man was selling medicines at a fair. At first he sold bottles of a cure for colds for just a dollar a bottle.
Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cold cure.
Then, when he had a big crowd, the man held up a very small bottle.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, " he shouted. "here is the medicine you have been waiting for. The cure for old age. Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever."
"And, ladies and gentlemen," the man continued, "I'm not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I'm not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I'm not going to charge you twenty five dollars a bottle. No, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle. Think, my friends, for ten dollars you can live forever."
Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this.
One person shouted, "if it will make you live forever, why don't you drink it?"
Then another person cried , "Yes, you look as if you're at least sixty years old. "
"Thank you, sir, thank you," the man replied, "I'm so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty nine. "
The crowd laughed at this but there were still a few people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she passed by. "Is that true," he asked, "that he's three hundred and twenty-nine?"
“Don't ask me," the assistant said, "I've only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years."
Notes:
(1) fair n.集市
(2) charge v.收錢;要價
(3) look as if看上去
Exercises:
根據短文選擇正確答案：
① What did the man sell at first?
A. a cure for colds
B. empty bottles
C. a cure for old age
D. a medicine that made people live forever.
② Why didn't the people believe the man was selling medicine that could cure old age?
A. The medicine was too cheap.
B. The medicine was too expensive.
C. He looked quite old himself.
D. He didn't look honest.
③ How old did the man selling medicine say he was?
A. at least sixty
B. over three hundred
C. a hundred and fifty
D. he didn't say
④ How much did the man charge for the cure for old age?
A. one dollar a bottle
B. twenty-five dollars a bottle
C. ten dollars a bottle
D. fifty dollars a bottle
⑤ We can infer from the passage that_____ .
A. the man was very honest
B. the assistant was also very honest
C. the man was very stupid
D. neither the man nor the assistant was honest, for they were cheating people
67.長生不老
一人在集市賣藥。起先他賣一美元一瓶的治感冒的藥。
很多人想買藥，那人的年輕助手迅速穿行於人羣中，一邊收錢，一邊遞藥。
然後當圍觀的人多起來時，那人舉起一個小瓶子。
“聽着，女士們，先生們，”那人喊道，“這就是你們一直想要的藥。
消除衰老的藥。只吃一瓶，就會長生不老。”
“女士們，先生們，”那人接着說道，“對這種神奇的藥，我不打算賣一瓶100美元。我不打算賣一瓶50美元，我也不打算賣一瓶25美元。我只打算賣一瓶10美元。想想吧，朋友們，只花10美元，你們就能長生不老。”
人羣中大多數人不相信他的話。
一人喊道：“如果這藥能使人長生不老，你爲什麼不吃?”
接着另一人叫道：“是哇，你看上去至少60歲。”
“謝謝，先生，謝謝，”那人回答，“我很高興你這麼說。我的實際年齡是329歲。”
聽到他的話，人羣中發出一陣笑聲，但仍有幾個人願意相信他的話。其中一人當那個助手經過時問她，“他已329歲了，這是真的嗎?”他問。
“別問我，”助手說，“我只爲他工作了150年。”
練習參考答案：
①A②C③B④C⑤D
關於英語翻譯的笑話閱讀Diet Tribe
Mom was very proud that she'd lost ten pounds. On the way to the store with my husband and me she talked of little else. We dropped her off in the lingerie department, but when we returned, we couldn't find her. Thinking she might be in the fitting room, I asked the saleswoman if she had seen my mother. "What does she look like?" the clerk asked.
My husband said simply, "She just lost ten pounds.
"Third door on the left." the woman replied with a smile.
Notes:
(1) drop sb off將某人送到(某處)
(2) lingerie n.女內衣
(3) fitting room試衣室
Exercises:
根據短文選擇正確答案：
① Why was the mother very proud?
A. Because her daughter was on a diet.
B. Because she had lost ten pounds.
C. Because her daughter had lost ten pounds.
D. Because her son-in-law had lost ten pounds.
② "She talked of little else" means_____ .
A. she almost kept silent
B. she talked about shopping all the time
C. she talked about her daughter for most of the time
D. she talked about her losing weight for most of the time
③ "We dropped her off" probably means_____ .
A. we pushed her out of the car
B. we ordered her to stay there
C. we left her by herself
D. we lost her because there were too many people
④ Where did the daughter think her mother might be?
A. in the fitting room.
B. in the washing room.
C. in the dinning room.
D. in the next shop.
⑤ From this passage we can infer that_____ .
A. the mother talked to everybody she met about the success of her diet
B. the mother was suffering from a mental problem
C. the mother should be taken good care of
D. the daughter and her husband did not treat her mother well enough
68.節食族
媽媽爲她減肥十磅而非常自豪。在和我們小兩口一起去商場的路上，她別無所談。我們把她送到女內衣部，在那兒分手，但當我們回來找她時，卻找不見她。我想她也許會在試衣室，就問售貨員是否見過我母親。“她長得什麼樣?”這位職員問。
我丈夫直截了當地說：“她剛減了十磅。”
“左邊第三個門，”女售貨員笑眯眯地回答。
練習參考答案：
①B②D③C④A⑤A
關於英語翻譯的笑話學習Stunning Reply
My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner as I had asked him. When I inquired why he wasn't doing his chores, he said that he didn't feel like it. Exasperated, I said, "Where would you be right now if I didn't feel like making dinner?"
He thought for a moment and then replied, " A restaurant?"
Notes:
(1) pick up撿起;拾起
(2) chore n.雜務;不愉快的工作
(3) exasperated adj.憤怒的;惱火的
Exercises:
根據短文回答下列問題：
① How old was the son?
② What was the mother doing when she asked her son to pick up his toys?
③ Why didn't the son do as his mother had asked him?
④ How did the mother feel when her son replied that he didn't feel like it?
⑤ Why did the son think that he would be at a restaurant?
69.出色的回答
我在準備晚飯的時候，我叫年僅五歲的兒子把玩具都收拾起來。當我問他爲什麼沒做他的差事時，他說他不想做。我感到有些惱火，就對他說：“要是我說我不想做晚飯，這時你會在哪裏呢?”
他略加思索便回答說：“在飯店裏?”
練習參考答案：
① Five years old.
② She was preparing dinner.
③ Because he didn't feel like it.
④ She was exasperated.
⑤ Because he thought that if his mother were not preparing dinner and they would have to eat, the only place to go to was a restaurant.
