英語(yǔ)笑話:出什么問(wèn)題了？

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wreck精神上受到嚴(yán)重?fù)p傷的人，blasé司空見(jiàn)慣的， pull up停車(chē)， stammer結(jié)巴

笑話原文】

What Was Wrong

When I moved to California, I was a nervous wreck about earthquakes. My friend Lisa, who was born and raised there, was completely blasé. I remember once when we pulled up to a light, her Honda began to shake. She looked worried until I stammered, “I think that we’re having an earthquake.”

“Thank goodness,” said Lisa. “I thought something was wrong with my car.”

中文譯文】

出什么問(wèn)題了?

當(dāng)我剛搬到加州住的時(shí)候，我對(duì)地震極為緊張。而我那位在加州土生土長(zhǎng)的朋友麗莎卻對(duì)此完全無(wú)動(dòng)于衷。我記得有一次我們?cè)诘燃t燈的時(shí)候，她的本田車(chē)開(kāi)始抖動(dòng)起來(lái)。她看起來(lái)很擔(dān)心。直到我結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地很說(shuō)：“我想我們所碰到地震了。”她卻說(shuō)：“謝天謝地，我以為是我的車(chē)出問(wèn)題了。”

詞匯講解】

1.wreck文中是“精神上受到嚴(yán)重?fù)p傷的人”。wreck可以做動(dòng)詞，是“毀壞”的意思：The fire wrecked the hotel.那場(chǎng)大火把飯店燒毀了。

2.be born and raised somewhere 在某個(gè)地方出生和長(zhǎng)大，即“土生土長(zhǎng)”。

3. blasé司空見(jiàn)慣的，無(wú)動(dòng)于衷的。He remained totally blasé about the alarming news.他對(duì)于這項(xiàng)令人驚恐的消息全然無(wú)動(dòng)于衷。While many adults play down television’s impact, the children are not so blasé.許多成年人貶低電視的影響，而孩子們卻不是那么不為所動(dòng)的。

4.pull up停車(chē)。也有“責(zé)備”的意思： Don't pull him up about this; it's not really his fault.這不是他的過(guò)錯(cuò), 別責(zé)怪他。“追上”：She’s going to pull up alongside us.她快趕上我們了。

5.stammer結(jié)巴。 結(jié)巴地說(shuō)出She stammers when she feels nervous.她緊張時(shí)就口吃。

6.thank goodness謝天謝地，幸虧。