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    Senior class 年长者阶层

    英语笑话

    During the doctor's periodic visit to my elderly mother, I told him that Mother would be celebrating her 98th birthday in few days. Delighted by the news, he bent down and gave her a kiss for the occasion. He then announced that he, too, would be celebrating a birthday in few days and asked for a kiss in return.

    When he left, my mother shook her head in disgust. "Can you imagine ," she said. "Seventy dollars and I had to kiss him too!"

    中文翻译

    医生定期来探视我的老母亲,我告诉他母亲过几天就要庆祝她98岁的生日了。医生听了也很高兴,为此,他弯下腰来亲了我母亲一下。然后他说过几天他也要庆祝自己的生日,并要求她还他一个吻。

    医生走后,我母亲厌恶地摇摇头。“你能想象吗?”她说,“付了他70美元,我还得亲他!”

    词汇点睛

    periodic [ˌpɪəriˈɒdɪk] adj. 定期的,周期的

    elderly [ˈeldəlɪ] adj. 相当老的,上了年纪的

    celebrate [ˈselɪbreɪt] v. 庆祝,祝贺

    delight [dɪˈlaɪt] v. 给(某人)乐趣,使愉快

    bend down 弯腰

    occasion [əˈkeɪʒn] n. 时刻,时候,场合

    announce [əˈnaʊns] v. 宣布,宣告,发表

    in return 作为回报,作为报答

    disgust [dɪsˈgʌst] n. 反感,厌恶,嫌恶

    imagine [ɪˈmædʒɪn] v. 想象,设想

    语法分析

    1. During the doctor's periodic visit to my elderly mother, I told him that Mother would be celebrating her 98th birthday in few days. 医生定期来探视我的老母亲,我告诉他母亲过几天就要庆祝她98岁的生日了。

    解析  这个句子的主干是I told him...,that引导的是一个宾语从句,During the doctor's periodic visit to my elderly mother是整个句子的时间状语。

    2. He then announced that he, too, would be celebrating a birthday in few days and asked for a kiss in return. 然后他说过几天他也要庆祝自己的生日,并要求她还他一个吻。

    解析  这也是一个由that引导的宾语从句,句子在主干是He announced...,that引导的宾语从句作announced的宾语。too在句子作插入语,此处是为了避免句子头重脚轻,而把too移到前面,句子的正常语序应为:he would be celebrating a birthday in few days too。

    口语实践

    A May I call on you today?

    B Sure, welcome.

    A 我今天去拜访您,可以吗?

    B 当然可以,欢迎。

    A Will it be convenient if I call on you at 3 in the afternoon?

    B OK.

    A 我下午三点去拜访您方便吗?

    B 好的。

    ★convenient [kənˈviːnɪənt] adj. 方便的,合适的

    A Are you busy and may I come over?

    B Sorry, I'm not available at the moment.

    A 您忙吗?我过来好吗?

    B 抱歉,我现在没空。

    ★come over 过来

    ★available [əˈveɪləbl] adj. (指人)可会见的,可与之交谈的

    A I'll give you my address so you can look me up whenever you're in London.

    B Okay. That would be nice.

    A 我会把我的地址给你,这样你什么时候来伦敦的时候就可以来看我了。

    B 好的,那很好。

    ★address [əˈdres] n. 地址

    笑话文化解读

    地中海国家,他们无论男女都以相互吻面颊作为问候礼,即使陌生人也是如此。

    在意大利和法国,人们社交性质的亲吻是每天的必修礼仪,老幼都清楚何时应该亲吻以及亲吻何处和吻几次,人们认为亲吻绝非难堪的事,自然用不着回避和否认。

    但是在英国、德国和北欧国家,亲吻就显得保守些了,假如是彼此熟悉的朋友或亲戚关系,相互吻面颊也只限于女士之间及男女之间。而男人并不互相吻面颊,虽然近些年开始有些松动变化。

    另外,不同国家的亲吻次数上也有差异,北欧斯堪的纳维亚半岛的人亲吻一次就够了,法国人喜欢左右脸颊各吻一次,荷兰人和比利时人则至少吻上三次。不过这并不意味着荷兰人和比利时人是欧洲最热烈的亲吻者。

    提到亲吻,法国人无疑堪称天下无敌手。无论是亲吻在日常生活中的首要地位,还是对它的偏爱,法国人都肯定是欧洲之冠。这不难理解,以亲吻为题材的两尊闻名世界的雕像,罗丹的“吻”和勃朗库西的“吻”,都完成于巴黎。

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