賴世雄讀英語笑話學英語之英語樂趣(4)：介詞問題(雙語)
Unit 4 Trouble with Propositions 介詞問題
A new student was just finding his way around Harvard University.
一位哈佛大學新生正在熟悉校園環境。
“Excuse me,” he asked an upperclassman, “can you tell me where the library’ s at?”
“對不起，”他問一位高年級學長“，您能告訴我圖書館在哪里嗎？”
“What appalling diction,” sneered the older student. “I can’t imagine how you could have been admitted to Harvard. Don’t you know better than to end a sentence with a preposition.”
“好可怕的用字喔！”那名學長嘲弄他道“。不知道你老弟是怎么獲準進入哈佛的。難道你不知道介詞不要放在一個句子后面嗎？”
“O. K. Can you tell me where the library’s at, asshole?”
“好吧！你能告訴我圖書館在哪里嗎，驢蛋？”
英語知識點解說：
1.find one's way around+地方 熟悉某地
例：You need a guide book to find your way around the Vatican.
熟悉梵蒂岡，你需要一本旅游指南。）
2.upperclassman n. 學長；高年級學生
3.本文中“Can you tell me where the library's at?' ，為一錯誤用法，因為 where 為地方副詞，不可當 at 介詞的賓語。正確說法為"Can you tell me where the library is?"
4.appalling a. 嚇人的
appall vt.使驚嚇
例：The condition of this road is appalling.
（這條路的路況好可怕。）
5.diction n.措辭；用字（=word usage）
6.sneer vi. 嘲笑
sneer at... 嘲笑……
例：Only ignorant people sneer at what they don't understand.
（只有無知的人才會嘲笑他們所不懂的事物。）
7.admit vt.許可
admission n.準入；入學許可
admittance n.進入；入場權
No Admittance 非公莫入；閑人免進（標語；告示）
例：The price of admission to the museum is NT ＄50.
（這家博物館的門票是臺幣五十元。）
Children under 18 are not admitted to this theater.
（十八歲以下的小孩不準進入這家戲院。）
8.know better than to V 聰明得不會做 ……（不會笨得去……）
例：I know better than to ask him a favor when he's in this kind of mood.
（當他是這種心情時，我不會傻得去求他幫忙。）
9.asshole n. 肛 門；驢 蛋
文中的新生故意在問句句尾置此一詞，如此句尾就無介詞，但也罵了那位學長，真是高明。
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