看笑話學(xué)英語(yǔ):A smart housewife 精明的家庭主婦

A smart housewife 精明的家庭主婦

英語(yǔ)笑話

A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning. She was very excited , and said: "That'll be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed!"

中文翻譯

一位精明的家庭主婦聽(tīng)人說(shuō)有一種爐子用起來(lái)可以比她現(xiàn)在用的爐子省一半的煤。她聽(tīng)了大為興奮，說(shuō)：“那太好了！一個(gè)爐子可以省一半的煤，那么如果我買兩個(gè)爐子的話，不就可以把煤全都省下來(lái)了嗎？”

詞匯點(diǎn)睛

smart [smɑ?t] adj. 聰明的，伶俐的

housewife [?ha?swa?f] n. 家庭主婦

stove [st??v] n. 爐子，火爐

consume [k?n?sju?m] n. 消耗

coal [k??l] n. 煤，煤塊

excited [?k?sa?t?d] adj. 興奮的

terrific [t??r?f?k] adj. 極好的

語(yǔ)法分析

1. A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning. 一位精明的家庭主婦聽(tīng)人說(shuō)有一種爐子用起來(lái)可以比她現(xiàn)在用的爐子省一半的煤。

解析 　這個(gè)句子中包含了兩個(gè)從句，來(lái)分析一下該句的結(jié)構(gòu)，句子的主干是A smart housewife was told，that引導(dǎo)的從句作told的賓語(yǔ)，在賓語(yǔ)從句中又有一個(gè)which引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句，用來(lái)解釋說(shuō)明stove?？谡Z(yǔ)實(shí)踐

口語(yǔ)實(shí)踐

A　Can you get a discount on these clothes?

B　We give 10% discount for cash.

A　這些衣服你可以給我打個(gè)折嗎？

B　付現(xiàn)金的話，我們打九折。

★discount [?d?s.ka?nt] n. 折扣

A　How about 20% off?

B　Sorry, we can't. This is a discount price.

A　打8折怎么樣？

B　抱歉，不行。這是打過(guò)折的價(jià)錢(qián)了。

A　Are both of these items on sale?

B　Yes, both of them are on sale.

A　這兩樣?xùn)|西都打折嗎？

B　是的，都打折銷售。

★item [?a?t?m] n. 東西，商品

★on sale 出售，廉價(jià)出售