They were discussing his room, which they took turns cleaning every week. They were surprised by some things they had found!
One said, "I found some porno magazines and I threw them away."
Another said, "I found some condoms and I poked holes in them."
The third nun said, "Oh shit!"
Notes:
1. Three nuns were talking about their parish priest.
有三個修女在談論她們的教區(qū)教士。
clergy泛指神職人員;priest通常是指天主教的教士,他們不能結婚,且必須禁欲;基督教的minister是可以結婚的。信徒通常稱呼他們?yōu)樯窀浮?/p>
nun [n?n] n.修女 parish [?pær??] n.教區(qū) priest [pri:st] n.牧師;僧侶
2. They were discussing his room, which they took turns cleaning every week.
他們在討論他的房間,那里每周由她們輪流打掃。
"turn"指“(輪流做某事時的)機會”,"take turns"指“采用輪流的方式做某事”,后接動名詞。若要表達輪到了誰,可以用It's one's turn。
3. They were surprised by some things they had found!
她們對所發(fā)現(xiàn)的一些東西感到吃驚!
句中的by也可以用at取代,使用by時,其被動語氣較強。
surprised [s??pra?zd] adj.吃驚的
4.One said, "I found some porno magazines and I threw them away."
其中一個人說:“我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些色情雜志,我把它們?nèi)拥袅恕?rdquo;
porno也可以寫成porn,它們是pornographic和pornography的縮寫形式。
porno [?p?:n??] adj.色情的 porn [p?:n] adj.色情的 pornography [p?:?n?gr?fi] n.色情;色情文字
pornographic [?p?:n??græf?k] adj.色情的
5. Another said, "I found some condoms and I poked holes in them."
另一個人說:“我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些安全套,我在上面戳了幾個洞。”
6. The third nun said, "Oh shit!"
第三個修女說:“噢!可惡!”
oh是表示恐懼、喜悅、驚訝、痛苦是所發(fā)出的感嘆詞,而shit則是生氣、焦急時所發(fā)出的感嘆詞。
shit [??t] interj.可惡!