英語(yǔ)笑話
Wherever I drove my old car over 55 miles per hour,it vibrated terribly , so I decided to sell it.
My first customer wanted to buy the car, and I battled with my conscience over whether or not to tell him of the vehicle 's problem. Finally I did the right thing. Expecting him to drop the deal, I was surprised by his reply.
That's okay, he said, "I'm buying this car for my daughter. If she complains about a vibration , I'll know she's driving too fast."
中文翻譯
每當(dāng)我駕駛我那輛舊車時(shí)速超過(guò)55英里時(shí),它就劇烈地震動(dòng)起來(lái),所以我決定賣掉它。
我的第一位買主想買這輛車。圍繞是否告訴他這輛車的問題,我經(jīng)歷了一番良心的較量。終于我做了件正確的事情。我想他會(huì)放棄這個(gè)交易,卻對(duì)他的回答吃了一驚。
“那沒什么,”他說(shuō),“我是給我女兒買這車的。如果她抱怨震動(dòng)的話,那我就知道她開得太快了?!?/p>
詞匯點(diǎn)睛
vibrate [va??bre?t] v. 振動(dòng),顫動(dòng)
terribly [?ter?bli] adv. 可怕地
battle [?b?tl] v. 斗爭(zhēng)
conscience [k'?n??ns] n. 良心,是非感
whether or not 是否
vehicle [?v??kl] n. 交通工具,車輛
drop [dr?p] v. 放棄
vibration [va??bre??n] n. 振動(dòng),顫動(dòng)
口語(yǔ)實(shí)踐
A What do you think of $12,000 for a car?
B Seems cheap.
A 你覺得一萬(wàn)兩千美元買輛車怎么樣?
B 看上去不貴。
A I can't believe you bought this.So, can I have a ride?
B Hop in. Get ready for the smoothest ride of your life.
A 真不敢相信你居然買跑車。那我能不能搭個(gè)順風(fēng)車?
B 上來(lái)吧。準(zhǔn)備好享受你生命中最平穩(wěn)的乘車吧。
★have a ride 搭順風(fēng)車
★hop in 上車
★get ready 準(zhǔn)備
★smooth [smu?e] adj. 平穩(wěn)的(其最高級(jí)是smoothest)
A I like the black sports car.
B I don't like that because it has no sun roof.
A 我喜歡那輛黑色的跑車。
B 我不喜歡那個(gè),因?yàn)闆]有天窗。
★sun roof 天窗
A Could you tell us more about its standard features?
B Here's a brochure. Get in the car and I will show you.
A 你能告訴我們更多有關(guān)這車的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)配置嗎?
B 這里有宣傳冊(cè)。上車來(lái),我給你們展示一下。
★standard [?st?nd?d] adj. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的
★feature [?fi?t??(r)] n. 特點(diǎn)
★brochure [?br????(r)] n. 小冊(cè)子
笑話文化解讀
美國(guó)是個(gè)號(hào)稱“車輪上的國(guó)家”,因?yàn)槊绹?guó)幾乎家家戶戶都有車,甚至不止一輛。買車有兩種選擇,一種是買新車,一種是買二手車。但是美國(guó)買車究竟有多便宜呢?我們具體來(lái)看看。一輛日本凌志RX350型吉普車,豪華配置,帶天窗的那種。4.4萬(wàn)美元,加稅一起總共4.7萬(wàn)美元,可以將車開走。而一輛德國(guó)的X5型寶馬吉普,加完消費(fèi)稅什么的,只要4.5萬(wàn)美元。而國(guó)內(nèi)同樣的德國(guó)X5型寶馬吉普,要將近100萬(wàn)元人民幣。
當(dāng)然,美國(guó)也有二手車賣,但是不一定需要你去二手車市場(chǎng)賣,可以報(bào)價(jià)后掛在網(wǎng)上自己就可以賣。二手車在美國(guó)很好賣,因?yàn)槊绹?guó)的家長(zhǎng)給剛畢業(yè)的孩子買車,就喜歡買這樣的二手車。