賴世雄讀英語笑話學(xué)英語之可以說給媽媽聽的笑話(13):聽起來還算公平(雙語)
Unit 13 Sounds Fair 聽起來還算公平
A woman was reporting to her husband about the events of the day.
一位女士正滔滔不絕地向她先生訴說當(dāng)天發(fā)生的事。
“Oh, and I had a big fight with the electric company.”
“哦,另外我也和電力公司大吵了一架!”
“Really? Who won?”
“真的嗎?后來誰贏了?”
“Nobody, it was a tie. They don’t get any money and we don’t get any electricity.”
“沒有人贏,算扯平吧。他們沒拿到一毛錢,而我們也沒有電可用。”
英語知識(shí)點(diǎn)解說:
1.event n. 事件
eventful a. 多事的;多彩多姿的
in the event that... 萬一
=in case (that)
例:Christopher Columbus certainly had an eventful life.
(克里斯多福 哥倫布的一生多彩多姿。)
In the event that your parachute should fail to open, say your prayers!
(萬一降落傘打不開的話,你就要禱告上帝了!)
2.electric a. 電的;動(dòng)人的(=exciting)
electronic a.電子的
electricity n.電
the electric company 電力公司
例:The opera star gave an electric performance.
(那位歌劇明星做了一場動(dòng)人的演出。)
Mr. Lewis bought his son an electronic organ.
(路易士先生給他兒子買了一架電子琴。)
3.tie n. & vi. & vt. (與某人)平手;不分勝負(fù)
be in a tie with sb 與某人打成平手
例:The hard-fought game ended in a tie.
(這場龍爭虎斗的比賽最后打成平手。)
Jordan tied the game with a three-pointer.
(喬登投了個(gè)三分球使比賽變成不分勝負(fù)。)
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