英语笑话（双语）19 许个愿吧

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许个愿吧!

Every morning on his way to work, a business manpassed a house where he saw a woman beating herlooy on the head with a loaf of bread.

每天早晨一位商人在上班途中都会经过一户人家，他总是看见一个女人用一条面包打她儿子的头部。

But on this particular day, he noticed that she was hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake.

但今天却比较特别，他发现她正用一块巧克力蛋糕打他的头。

Unable to restrain his curiosity, he rang the doorbell and the woman answered.

他忍不住好奇，便按了那户人家的门铃。女人听了铃声，出来开门。

"Madam, I couldn't help but notice that every day you beat your child with a loaf of bread. . . "

“这位太太，每天经过这里我都忍不住会注意到你用一条面包打你儿子……”

"That's true ."

"那倒是不假……"

"And yet today I observed that you were hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake.

"可是今天我却看见你用一块巧克力蛋糕打他。"

“Well, today's his birthday. ”

“今天是他生日嘛。”

1.a loaf of 一个;一条;一个面包;长方形的;一大块

例句：When you have only two pennies left in theworld, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily withthe other.

如果在世上你只剩下2毛钱，就用一毛钱买一块面包，另一毛买一朵百合花。

2.restrain 抑制，控制;约束;制止

例句：She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.

她无法抑制她那不顾一切的愤怒。

3.curiosity 好奇;好奇心;珍品;古董;古玩

例句：He is dying of curiosity to see how much money in my pocket.

他十分好奇我口袋里究竟有多少钱。

4.couldn't help 禁不住;忍不住;不得不

例句：I couldn't help myself and started crying uncontrollably at the thought of having to giveup running.

我无法控制我的情绪，想到我必须放弃跑步时就会忍不住开始哭泣。