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快乐双语岛

作者:杨思晴




   校 园 趣 事
  
  4-4=?
  One day, the teacher inquired Peter: “How much is four minus four?” Peter was tongue-tied. The teacher got angry and said: “What a fool! You see, if I put four coins in your pocket, but there is a hole in your pocket and all of them leak out, now what is left in your pocket?”
  “The hole.” replied Peter.
  
  4减4等于几?
  一天,老师问彼德:“4减4等于几?”彼德张口结舌答不上来。老师生气地说:“真笨!你想,如果我放4个硬币在你的口袋里,但你的口袋里有个窟窿,结果4个硬币都漏掉了。那么,你的口袋里还有什么?”
  “窟窿,”彼德答道。
  
  细节链接
  (1) minus:减法,减去。4-4:4 minus 4
  multiply:乘法,乘以。2×6: 2 multiply 6
  plus:加法,加上。5+8:5 plus 8
  divide:除法,除以。15 divided by 3 is 5(15除以3等于5)
  (2) leak out:泄漏。
  
   看 图 说 话
  
  —— Dog: My God! Please search me quickly, I can't hold my urine any longer.
  小狗:天啊!搜我的时候请动作快点,我快憋不住了。
  ——Dog: If you search me like that, I will certainly sue you for sexual harassment. I am a lady dog.
  小狗:如果对我也那样搜身,我一定要控告你性骚扰,因为我是位女士。
  —— Police: Well done Jack (the dog's name). You boys, raise your hands, put on the wall, just like the dog!
  警察:干得好,杰克(狗的名字)。你们这些家伙,照小狗做的那样,把手举起来放在墙上。
  —— Soldier: Put your hands on the wall. I will see if there is any chemical weapon on you.
  士兵:把手放好,让我查查你身上是否带有生化武器。
  —— Dog: Have some common sense, do you think my fart is also a chemical weapon?
  小狗:拜托,有点常识好不好?我放个狗屁你们也认为是生化武器吗?
  —— Dog: Excuse me, Sir, can't you see that I'm not a terrorist?
  小狗:对不起,先生,你难道看不出我不是恐怖分子吗?
  
  细节链接
  (1)urine:尿。在医院体检,医生会告诉我们需要:urine test:验尿,尿检。
  (2)sue sb. for sth: 因某事控告某人。
  (3)raise one's hand: 举手。相当于put up one's hand。
  (4)chemical weapon:化学武器,生化武器。同学们应该对这个词并不陌生,chemical是chemistry(化学,化学课)的形容词形式。
  (5) common sense: 常识(尤指判断力).
  (6)fart:放屁,屁。
  (7) terrorist:恐怖分子。这应该算得上是自911事件以来国际新闻中最敏感、出现频率最高的一个单词了。Terrorism:恐怖主义、恐怖行动。