賴世雄讀英語笑話學英語之傻瓜(3):喔,你做得真好!(雙語)
Unit 3 Oh, Good Job 喔,你做得真好!
Moe, Larry, and Curly were wandering in the Arabian desert when they were captured by a band of ferocious Bedouin. “By the mode of the desert you miserable infidels must be destroyed,” declared their savage leader. “Set up the guillotine!”
莫伊·賴利和卷毛三個傻瓜走在阿拉伯沙漠中時,一群殘暴的貝都因人把他們抓了起來。“依據我們沙漠的規定,你們這些可憐的異教徒必須被處死,”野蠻的首領說道“。把斷頭臺架設好。”
Moe was the first to be ordered to the death instrument. The blade descended but, amazingly, stopped just short of his neck.
莫伊首先被命令上斷頭臺,但令人驚訝的是,刀具落下時在接近脖子地方就停止不動了。
Next, Larry placed his head under the huge, razor-sharp blade. But once again it stopped short of his neck.
接著賴利把頭放在像剃刀刀片一樣銳利的大刀之下,但又一次刀子在接近他的頸部地方停了下來。
“By Allah, another miracle!” affirmed the sheik once more. “Release him!”
“奉阿拉真主之命,又是另一個奇跡!”酋長又一次宣布“。放了他!”
Finally, Curly was led to the ominous device. Looking closely he noticed a splinter of wood blocking the path of the blade.
最后卷毛被帶到那不吉利的斷頭臺上,仔細察看后,他發現一塊小木片擋住了刀鋒的去路。
“Well, no wonder it’s not working,” he announced. “Here’s your problem right here...”
“難怪它不發生作用,”他宣布道。“你們的問題就在這里……。
英語知識點解說:
1.idiot n. 傻 瓜;白 癡
類似此類罵人的詞尚有 imbecile(呆子)bird-brain ( 蠢蛋 )jerk (笨蛋 )、nerd(驢蛋)donkey (傻瓜)。
本文 中 Moe, Larry 及 Curly 為美國一電視影集“三個大傻瓜”
(The Three Stooges)劇中的三個丑角名字。
2.wander vi. 閑蕩;漂泊
例:The old gentleman's mind is beginning to wander.
(這個老紳士開始心花蕩漾起來了。)
3.capture vt. 捕捉
例:The artist is said to be the only one that can capture the beauty of Huang Shan.
(據說這位畫家是唯一能捕捉黃山之美的藝術家。)
4.a band of... 一幫……
5.ferocious a. 殘忍的;野蠻的
6.Bedouin n. 貝都因人(為一支阿拉伯游牧民族)
7.code n. 法規;密碼
8.miserable a. 可憐的;不幸的
9.infidel n. 異教徒
10.guillotine n. 斷頭臺
11.blade n. 刀刃;刀片
12.descend vi. 下降;傳下來
13.amazingly ad. 令人驚奇地
14.stop short of... 突然停止……
例:The prosecutor stopped short of accusing the president directly.
(檢察官突然停止直接控告總統。)
15.miracle n. 奇跡
16.release vt. 放開;釋放
例:Twenty thousand white doves were released as part of the opening ceremony.
(釋放二萬只白鴿是開幕典禮的一部分。)
17.razor-sharp a. 像剃須刀片一樣鋒利的
至于表示“鈍的”“、不銳利的”則用 dull 一詞。
18.affirm vt. 肯 定;斷 言
例:The witness neither affirmed nor denied that the rumor was true.
(目擊者既不肯定也不否定謠言是真的。)
19.sheik n. (回教國家)酋長
20.ominous a. 不幸的;不祥的
例:Ominous clouds gathered over the picnickers.
(野餐者頭上的天空集結著不祥的烏云。)
21.device n. 裝置
devise vt. 設計
22.closely ad. 密切地
23.splinter n. 碎片
24.block vt. 封鎖;堵塞
例:"Do not block my path," warned Jackie Chan.
(“不要擋路!”成龍警告說。)
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