英語笑話:在湖里
carburetor化油器，offensively冒犯地，definitely確實(shí)
【笑話原文】
In the Lake
My wife came home yesterday and said, “Honey, the car won’t start, but I know what the problem is.”
I asked her what it was, and she told me there was water in the carburetor. I thought for moment, then said, “You know, I don’t mean this offensively, but you even don’t know where the carburetor was.”
“No, there’s definitely water in the carburetor,” she insisted.
“Ok Honey, that’s fine, I’ll just take a look. Where is it?”
“In the lake.”
【中文譯文】
在湖里
我的妻子回家跟我說：“親愛的，車發(fā)動(dòng)不了了，但是我知道出了什么問題。”
我問她是什么問題，她告訴我化油器里進(jìn)水了。我想了一會(huì)兒說：“我這么說不是冒犯你，可是你連化油器在哪里都不知道。”
“不，化油器確確實(shí)實(shí)進(jìn)水了。”她堅(jiān)持說。
“好吧，親愛的，沒問題，我去瞧瞧吧。車在哪兒呢?”
“在湖里。”
【詞匯講解】
1. won’t start 發(fā)動(dòng)不了。在英語中表示機(jī)械類東西壞了的簡單句子還有: It doesn’t work./ It’s broken./ There’s something wrong with it.
2. moment一會(huì)兒。同義詞還有：a little while, an instant, presently, soon
3. offensively冒犯地，是由形容詞offensive變來的。Offensive remarks沖撞的話語，a sight too offensive to look at 不堪入目的景象，offensive weapons進(jìn)攻性武器
4. definitely確切地。Say definitely what you have in mind.把你所想的確切地說出來。單獨(dú)使用的時(shí)候表示肯定的回答：-“Is he coming?” “Definitely!”“他會(huì)來嗎?”“當(dāng)然會(huì)啊!”
5. insist堅(jiān)持。作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)，insist on/upon sth.表示堅(jiān)持某事;而作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)后面可加從句表述具體內(nèi)容。
6. take a look看一看。其實(shí)這里有一些省略，完整的應(yīng)該是“I’ll just take a look at it.”省略了就避免了重復(fù)，使句子更簡潔，不拖沓。
