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.
有三个修女在谈论她们的教区教士。
clergy泛指神职人员;priest通常是指天主教的教士,他们不能结婚,且必须禁欲;基督教的minister是可以结婚的。信徒通常称呼他们为神父。
nun [nʌn] n.修女 parish [ˈpærɪʃ] n.教区 priest [pri:st] n.牧师;僧侣
2. They were discussing his room, which they took turns cleaning every week.
他们在讨论他的房间,那里每周由她们轮流打扫。
"turn"指“(轮流做某事时的)机会”,"take turns"指“采用轮流的方式做某事”,后接动名词。若要表达轮到了谁,可以用It's one's turn。
3. They were surprised by some things they had found!
她们对所发现的一些东西感到吃惊!
句中的by也可以用at取代,使用by时,其被动语气较强。
surprised [səˈpraɪzd] adj.吃惊的
4.One said, "I found some porno magazines and I threw them away."
其中一个人说:“我发现了一些色情杂志,我把它们扔掉了。”
porno也可以写成porn,它们是pornographic和pornography的缩写形式。
porno [ˈpɔ:nəʊ] adj.色情的 porn [pɔ:n] adj.色情的 pornography [pɔ:ˈnɒgrəfi] n.色情;色情文字
pornographic [ˌpɔ:nəˈgræfɪk] adj.色情的
5. Another said, "I found some condoms and I poked holes in them."
另一个人说:“我发现了一些安全套,我在上面戳了几个洞。”
6. The third nun said, "Oh shit!"
第三个修女说:“噢!可恶!”
oh是表示恐惧、喜悦、惊讶、痛苦是所发出的感叹词,而shit则是生气、焦急时所发出的感叹词。
shit [ʃɪt] interj.可恶!