賴世雄讀英語笑話學(xué)英語之不帶顏色的通俗笑話(1)：誰在放屁？(雙語)

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Unit 1 O.K. ,Who Cut the Cheese? 誰在放屁？

A young man was visiting his girlfriend’s parents for the first time. He had been quite nervous about it, and his nervousness was manifesting itself as gastric distress. Agonizingly, he felt the urgent need to release some intestinal gas. Surreptitiously, he emitted a “silent but deadly.”
有位年輕人第一次去拜訪女朋友的父母親。他好緊張，緊張到腸胃不舒服。令人苦惱的是，他急著要排除腸內(nèi)的空氣。于是他放了個(gè)臭得要命的悶屁。

“Rover!” the girlfriend’s mother admonished.
“路寶！”女朋友的媽媽警告家里的狗。

The young man realized that the family dog was sitting under his chair, and saw a way out of his difficulties.
那個(gè)老兄知道他女朋友家的狗就坐在他椅子下，想出了一個(gè)解決難題的方法來。他急于舒解，便放了一個(gè)更大的響屁。

“Rover!” shouted the mother.
路寶！”媽媽又一次叫著她家的狗。

Thinking his problems were over for sure, the young guy emitted a real window-rattler.
年輕人以為他的問題已經(jīng)結(jié)束了，于是他放了一個(gè)連窗戶都為之振動(dòng)的大響屁。

“Rover!” cried the mother, “get over here before he shits on you!”
“路寶！”媽媽喊道“，快過來這邊，免得他在你身上拉屎！”

英語知識(shí)點(diǎn)解說：

1.標(biāo)題：
Who cut the cheese？誰在放屁？
cheese （起司）有濃烈的乳臭味，切開之后散出的氣味猶如屁味，
故以 cut the cheese 表“放屁”之意。

2.nervous a. 神經(jīng)的；不安的
nerve n. 神經(jīng)（可數(shù)）；勇氣（不可數(shù)，=courage）
例：Why are you so nervous, honey? Is this your first time?
（親愛的，你為什么那么緊張？這是你的第一次嗎
He doesn't have the nerve to face the problem.
（他沒有勇氣面對(duì)問題。）

3.mannifest vt. 彰顯

4.gastric a. 胃部的

5.distress n. 苦惱；痛苦
此處 gastric distress 指的是“肚子脹氣”

6.agonizingly ad. 痛苦地
agonize vt. 使受痛苦；使苦悶 & vi. 苦悶
例：I've been agonizing over this decision for weeks.
（我為這個(gè)決定苦悶了好幾個(gè)星期了。）

7.urgent a. 迫切的；緊急的
feel the urgent need to V 感覺迫切需要……
例：Have you ever felt the urgent need to find a bathroom?
（你是否曾經(jīng)感覺迫切需要上廁所）

8.release vt. 釋放；解除
例：The suspect was released after being found innocent.
（嫌犯被發(fā)現(xiàn)是無辜之后，便獲釋了。）

9.intestinal n. 腸的
intestine n. 腸（常用復(fù)數(shù)）

10.surreptitiously ad. 秘密地；偷偷地

11.emit vt. 放出；散發(fā)出
例：Why is it that Fat Freddy emits such a foul odor?
（為什么那個(gè)胖佛瑞迪身上會(huì)散發(fā)出這么難聞的味道？）
* foul a. 惡臭的

12... he emitted a "silent but deadly."
=... he emitted a "silent but deadly" fart.
本文句尾故意省略了 fart 一字。
fart n. & vi. 放屁
例：Someone was farting.
=Someone was breaking wind.
=Someone was cutting the cheese.
（剛才有人放屁！）

13.admonish vt. 告誡；警告（=warn）
例：Johnny, I've admonished you a dozen times not to pick your nose in public.
（強(qiáng)尼，我已經(jīng)告訴你十幾次不可以在公共場(chǎng)合挖鼻孔。）

14.desperately ad. 急著地；拼命地

15.relief n. 解除；減輕
relieve vt. 解除；緩和
例："Take this pill. It may relieve your pain immediately," said the doctor.
（“吃下這個(gè)藥，它可立即減輕你的疼痛，”醫(yī)生說。）

16.let out... 釋放出；泄露……的秘密
例：Among the Bedouins, it's considered good manner to let out a satisfied burp after a meal.
（貝都因人認(rèn)為吃飽飯了打嗝是有禮貌的行為。）* the Bedouins n. 阿拉伯游牧民族

17.hooter n. 汽笛；喇叭；放屁

18.window-rattler n. 大響屁（連窗戶都被震得嘎嘎作響，其威力可見一斑了）

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