sidewalk人行道,quarter兩角五分的硬幣
【笑話原文】
Whose 50 Cents?
Jacky: I found 50 cents on the sidewalk in front of school.
Tommy: I think it's mine. I dropped 50 cents there today and couldn't find it.
Jacky: But what I found was two quarters.
Tommy: Then I'm sure it's mine. It probably broke when it hit the sidewalk.
【中文譯文】
誰的50分?
杰克:我在學(xué)校門前的人行道上揀了50分。
湯米:我想那是我的,今天我在那兒掉了50分,找不到了。
杰克:但是我揀的是兩個(gè)兩毛五的呀。
湯米:那就更是我的了。因?yàn)殄X在掉到地上的時(shí)候可能摔兩半了。
【詞匯講解】
1.cent分幣。關(guān)于cent的習(xí)語:not care a cent毫不在乎;without a red cent一分錢都沒有了;not worth a red cent毫無價(jià)值。
2.sidewalk人行道。He avoided stepping on the crack in the sidewalk.
他避免踩到人行道的裂縫上。
3.in front of在…前面。也可以指“在…面前”:The teacher didn't want his authority challenged in front of the class.教師不想讓他的權(quán)威在全班學(xué)生面前受到挑戰(zhàn)。
4.drop落下。也可以指“減弱”:The motorist dropped his speed.摩托車手放慢了速度。
5.quarter兩角五分的硬幣。也可以指“地區(qū)”:The city has a busy Chinese quarter.這個(gè)城市有個(gè)熱鬧的華人區(qū)。
6.hit撞擊。關(guān)于hit的習(xí)語:make a hit“受歡迎”:You made a big hit with her.你深受她的青睞。