英語笑話
A society youth writes ironically to the young lady in the case: "Dear Miss Smith, perhaps you remember I proposed to you last night, and I do not now recall whether you said yes, or no."
Dear George, I remember I said 'no' to someone last night, but I had forgotten who it was.
中文翻譯
一個(gè)社交界的青年給一位年輕女士挖苦地寫道:“親愛的史密斯小姐,您也許記得我昨晚向您求婚,但我現(xiàn)在記不起您到底是答應(yīng)了還是沒有答應(yīng)?!?/p>
“親愛的喬治,我記得昨晚是對(duì)一個(gè)人說了‘不’,但忘了那人是誰了。
詞匯點(diǎn)睛
ironically [a???r?n?kli] adv. 嘲諷地,挖苦地
propose [pr??p??z] v. 求婚
口語實(shí)踐
A I want to buy a gift for my father. Will you go with me to choose one for him?
B Sure. But why do you want to buy a gift for him? Is today his birthday?
A How could you forget Father's Day?
A 我想給我爸爸買個(gè)禮物,你陪我去給他挑一個(gè)好嗎?
B 好啊,可為什么要給他買禮物呢?今天是他的生日嗎?
A 你怎么能把父親節(jié)給忘了呢?
★go with sb. 陪同某人,和某人一起去
★Father's Day 父親節(jié)(每年的六月第三個(gè)星期日)
A You're a little forgetful lately.
B All this study for my dissertation is doing my head in. I'm always forgetting my keys and even to switch off lights.
A 你最近有點(diǎn)健忘啊。
B 學(xué)位論文的研究讓我煩死了。我現(xiàn)在總忘記帶鑰匙,甚至還總忘記關(guān)燈。
★dissertation [?d?s??te??n] n. 學(xué)位論文
★switch off 關(guān)掉,切斷
A Where is she? Did she forget we were meeting up tonight?
B She couldn't have.
A 她在哪兒?她不會(huì)把我們晚上見面的事給忘了吧?
B 她不會(huì)忘的。
A I forget where I left my keys.
B You really suffer from forgetfulness.
A 我忘記把鑰匙放在哪里了。
B 你真有健忘的毛病。
★suffer from 遭受
★forgetfulness [f??getf?ln?s] n. 健忘