1. If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St Patrick’s Day parade - at any time of the year.
1.如果在城里被人追,你經(jīng)??梢曰煸谑ヅ撂乩锟斯?jié)的游行隊(duì)伍中藏身——在一年中的任何時(shí)候。
(小編注:圣帕特里克節(jié)在3月17日,是為了紀(jì)念愛爾蘭守護(hù)神圣帕特里克,在這一天,人們通常要舉行游行、聚餐和教堂禮拜等活動(dòng)。)
2. All beds have special L-shaped top sheets that reach up to armpit level on a woman but only waist level on the man lying beside her.
2.所有的床都有特殊的L形被單,可以蓋到女人的腋窩,但是只能蓋到躺在她旁邊的男人的腰。
3. All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
3.所有的食品袋子里都至少有一條法國(guó)面包。
4. Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.
4.一旦涂上唇膏,它就永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)掉色——即使是在潛水的時(shí)候。
5. The ventilation system of any building is a perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building without difficulty.
5.任何建筑的通風(fēng)系統(tǒng)都是完美的藏身之所。沒有人會(huì)想到到那個(gè)地方找你,而你可以不費(fèi)吹灰之力到達(dá)這座建筑的其他任何地方。
6. Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.
6.萬一你需要偽裝成德國(guó)長(zhǎng)官,你不需要會(huì)說這種語言,有德國(guó)口音就行了。
7. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris.
7.在法國(guó),任何建筑的任何窗子都能看見埃菲爾鐵塔。
8. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
8.男人在被人狠揍的時(shí)候不會(huì)有痛的表情,但是會(huì)在女人為他清理傷口時(shí)有退縮的表現(xiàn)。
9. When paying for a taxi, never look at your wallet as you take out a note - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.
9.付出租車費(fèi)用的時(shí)候不需要像拿出備忘錄時(shí)那么細(xì)心——隨便抓出一張鈔票給司機(jī)就行了,拿出來的錢總是正好的。
10. If you lose a hand, it will cause the stump of your arm to grow by 15cm.
10.如果你失去了一只手,那會(huì)促使你手臂剩下的部分長(zhǎng)15厘米。
11. Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning, even though the husband and children never have time to eat them.
11.媽媽們每天早晨都在為家人做蛋、培根和餅干,即使丈夫和孩子從來沒時(shí)間吃。
12. Cars and trucks that crash will almost always burst into flames.
12.汽車和卡車相撞總是會(huì)有火焰產(chǎn)生。
13. A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of a football stadium.
13.單獨(dú)一場(chǎng)比賽的燈光足夠照亮一個(gè)有足球場(chǎng)那么大的房間。
14. Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.
14.中世紀(jì)的農(nóng)民都有一口好牙。
15. All single women have a cat.
15.所有的獨(dú)身女人都有一只貓。
16. Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.
16.所有從噩夢(mèng)中醒來的人都會(huì)坐直,大口喘氣。
17. One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at one.
17.一個(gè)人向20個(gè)人開槍把20個(gè)人都?xì)⑺赖目赡苄砸?0個(gè)人殺死這一個(gè)人大。
18. Creepy music coming from a graveyard should always be closely investigated.
18.當(dāng)墓地有令人毛骨悚然的音樂傳出的時(shí)候總是應(yīng)該密切調(diào)查。
19. Most people keep a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings - especially if any of their family or friends has died in a strange boating accident.
19.大多數(shù)人會(huì)有一個(gè)報(bào)紙剪貼簿——尤其當(dāng)他們有家人或者朋友死于奇怪的船只失事事件的時(shí)候。