从“一词多意”开始了解歪果仁的幽默

2016-08-11 09:12:30  每日学英语

1. I wrote a book about watch-making……everyone said it was about time.

我写了一本关于制造钟表的书……人人都说it was about time(差不多挺是时候的,那是关于时间的书)。

about time:关于时间,about介词:关于;

about time:大约是时候了,about副词:大约。

2. Teacher: George, can you give me Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

George: No, but he used to live at the White House in Washing D.C.

老师:George,你能给我林肯的盖茨堡演讲吗?

George:不能,但他过去住在华盛顿白宫里。

address:地址,演讲。George还以为老师向他要林肯家的地址呢。

3. Why was it so hot after the baseball game? ---- All the fans left.

为什么棒球比赛后这么热?——所有的球迷都走了。

Fan:球迷,风扇。

4. What happens to a flea when it becomes really angry?

It gets hopping mad.

当一个虱子变得很生气时会发生什么事儿?——它暴跳如雷。

hop:跳跃;hopping mad:非常生气的

5. Judge: Have you ever appeared before this court in any other suit?

Lawyer: Why, yes …..the navy pinstripe.

法官:你在其它案件中在本法庭上出现过吗?

律师:为什么问这个,是的,——海军细条纹衣服。

suit:一套衣服,诉讼。律师把法官的意思理解成(或故意理解成):你穿着其它衣服在本法庭上出现过吗?

6. Do people fish with a permit in this area? ---- No, we fish with a bait.

人们在这个地方钓鱼需要许可证吗?

不,我们用鱼饵钓鱼。

故意理解成:人们在这个地方用许可证钓鱼吗?

7. We've got the kind of President who thinks arms control means some kind of deodorant(除臭剂).

我们有这类总统,他认为军备控制是指某种除臭剂。

arms control:军备控制。讽刺一位美国总统很无知,认为那是控制胳膊臭味儿的腋下除臭剂。

8. Athlete: I'm going to write an article on jogging.

Editor: Fine. But don't use any run-on sentences.

运动员:我要写一篇关于慢跑的文章。

编辑:好的,但不要用没完没了的句子。

run on 连续,不分段

9. Mary kissed her aunt good-bye but her aunt didn't kiss her back. Why?

Her aunt kissed her face.

玛丽吻别她的姑姑,但她姑姑没有吻别它,为什么?

她姑姑吻了她的脸。

Kiss her back: 回吻她,吻她的背。

10. Madge: I've been asked to marry thousands of times.

Mindy: Really? Who asked you?

Madge: My mother and father.

Madge:我已经被几千次被要求结婚。(还可理解成:被几千次求过婚。)

Mindy:真的?谁求婚?

Madge:我的爸爸妈妈。

父母ask(要求)她赶紧结婚,而不是男人ask for marriage(求婚)。

11. What did the Atlantic Ocean say to the Pacific Ocean?

Nothing, they just waved.

大西洋对太平洋说什么?——什么也没说,它们只是wave(波动,招手)。

Wave:波动,招手。

12. Construction company needs a man to dig holes --- Ground level position available.

建筑公司要招一个人挖坑——初级位置空缺。

ground level:地水准平面,初级位置。

13. Father: What should you do when you see our flag waving?

Little boy: Wave back.

父亲:当你看到我们的国旗飘扬时你应该做什么?

小男孩儿:也向它挥手。

wave:飘扬,挥手。

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