賴世雄讀英語笑話學(xué)英語之可以說給媽媽聽的笑話(3):一個(gè)早熟的小孩(雙語)
Unit 3 A Precocious Child 一個(gè)早熟的小孩
When the door-to-door salesman rang the doorbell of the suburban home, he was taken aback when a 10-year-old boy opened the door smoking a big cigar.
當(dāng)挨家挨戶兜售東西的推銷員按了一幢郊區(qū)房子的門鈴后,他嚇了一跳,開門的竟是一位嘴里叼著一根大雪茄的十歲男孩。
The salesman could only stammer out, “Er, is your mother at home?”
推銷員結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地問道“,哦,你媽媽在家嗎?”
Answered the boy, “What do you think?”
小男孩回答說“,你認(rèn)為呢?”
英語知識(shí)點(diǎn)解說:
1.precocious a. 早熟的;過早的
2.suburb n. 郊區(qū);郊外(通常采用復(fù)數(shù)形)
suburban a. 郊區(qū)的;市郊的
in the suburbs of ... 在 市郊
=on the outskirts of...
例:To me, the suburbs are really boring. I prefer to live in the city.
(就我個(gè)人而言,郊區(qū)非常無聊,我比較喜歡住在都市。)
My school is located in the suburbs of Taipei.
(我的學(xué)校就坐落在臺(tái)北市郊。)
3.be taken aback 嚇了一跳;感到吃驚
例:I was rather taken aback when my dog started talking to me.
(當(dāng)我的狗開始對(duì)我講話時(shí),我嚇了一大跳。)
4.stammer vt. & vi. (因緊張、興奮)結(jié)結(jié)巴巴說話
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