Secret for a long life 长寿的秘诀
英语笑话
A woman walks up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch.
I couldn't help noticing how happy you look, she says, "What's your secret for a long, happy life?"
I smoke three packs a day, drink a case of whiskey a week, eat fatty foods and never, everexercise.
Wow, that's amazing, says the woman. "How old are you?"
Twenty-six.
中文翻译
一位女士走向坐在门廊的椅子上摇动的小老头。
“我无意中发现,你是多么幸福,”那女士说,“你幸福长寿的秘密是什么?”
“我每天抽三包烟,每周喝一箱威士忌,吃高脂肪食品,而且从来不曾锻炼。”
“哦,真神奇,”女士说,“你多大年纪了?”
“二十六岁。”
词汇点睛
rock [rɒk] v. 摇,摇动
porch [pɔːtʃ] n. 门廊
whiskey [ˈwɪski] n. 威士忌酒
fatty [ˈfætɪ] adj. 脂肪多的
口语实践
A We all know that the more you smoke, the more you feel the need to smoke.
B Yes, exactly.
A 我们都知道吸得越多,烟瘾越大。
B 是的,确实是这样。
A Why don't you stop smoking?
B I have tried several times, but it is really difficult.
A 你为什么不戒烟呢?
B 我试过好几次了,但是真的很难。
A Did you have to stop smoking?
B Yes,I want to lead a healthier life.
A 你一定得戒烟吗?
B 是的,我想拥有一种健康的生活方式。
A Most of us didn't know that smoking was bad for our health and for the health of people who were around smokers.
B But why do you continue smoking after you know smoking is bad for our health?
A 我们当中的大部分人都不知道吸烟有害自己的健康,也有害于我们身边的人的健康。
B 但是在你知道吸烟有害健康以后为什么还要吸呢?
笑话文化解读
美国全国研究委员会25日发布报告说,美国人人均寿命世界排名靠后,“罪魁祸首”是抽烟人数多。根据这份报告,眼下大约20%美国人是烟民,不过,上世纪60年代,这一数字为40%。
“50年前,美国烟民比欧洲和日本更多……造成的后果依然没有消失。”
全国研究委员会健康专家认为,除了吸烟,肥胖、不良饮食习惯、缺乏锻炼等导致美国人均寿命较低。这些专家认为,就人均保健花费而言,美国人高居全世界第一,但人均寿命排名却低得可怜,主要原因是吸烟。
根据联合国公布的数据,日本人均寿命大约83岁,居世界第一位。美国人均寿命78.3岁,居第36位,排在欧洲和韩国、智利、古巴等国家之后。