英語笑話（雙語）19 許個(gè)愿吧

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許個(gè)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會(huì)經(jīng)過一戶人家，他總是看見一個(gè)女人用一條面包打她兒子的頭部。

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

但今天卻比較特別，他發(fā)現(xiàn)她正用一塊巧克力蛋糕打他的頭。

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

他忍不住好奇，便按了那戶人家的門鈴。女人聽了鈴聲，出來開門。

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

“這位太太，每天經(jīng)過這里我都忍不住會(huì)注意到你用一條面包打你兒子……”

"That's true ."

"那倒是不假……"

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

"可是今天我卻看見你用一塊巧克力蛋糕打他。"

“Well, today's his birthday. ”

“今天是他生日嘛。”

1.a loaf of 一個(gè);一條;一個(gè)面包;長(zhǎng)方形的;一大塊

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毛錢，就用一毛錢買一塊面包，另一毛買一朵百合花。

2.restrain 抑制，控制;約束;制止

例句：She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.

她無法抑制她那不顧一切的憤怒。

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錢。

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.

我無法控制我的情緒，想到我必須放棄跑步時(shí)就會(huì)忍不住開始哭泣。