看笑話學(xué)英語(yǔ):Weather forecast 天氣預(yù)報(bào)

Weather forecast 天氣預(yù)報(bào)

英語(yǔ)笑話

A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day, an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow will be rain." The next day it rained.

A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow will be storm." The next day there was a hailstorm.

This Indian is incredible ! said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.

However, after several successful predictions , the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks. Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?"

The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know," he said. "The radio has broken."

中文翻譯

一個(gè)電影攝制組在沙漠深處工作。一天，一個(gè)印度老人告訴導(dǎo)演說(shuō)：“明天有雨?！钡诙旃幌掠炅?。

一周后，這個(gè)印度人又來(lái)告訴導(dǎo)演說(shuō)，“明天有暴風(fēng)雨?！惫?，第二天下了冰雹。

“這印度人真神！”導(dǎo)演說(shuō)。他讓秘書雇傭這個(gè)印度人來(lái)預(yù)報(bào)天氣。

可是，幾次預(yù)報(bào)成功后，這位印度老人有兩周都沒(méi)露面了。最后導(dǎo)演派人去叫他?！拔颐魈煲囊粋€(gè)很大的場(chǎng)景，”導(dǎo)演說(shuō)，“我就靠你了。明天天氣如何？”

印度人聳了聳肩，說(shuō)：“我不知道，收音機(jī)壞了?！?/p>

詞匯點(diǎn)睛

crew [kru?] n. 隊(duì)，組

location [l???ke???n] n. 位置，場(chǎng)所；（電影的）外景拍攝地

desert [?dez?t] n. 沙漠，荒漠，荒原

director [d??rekt?(r)] n. 導(dǎo)演

hailstorm [?he?lst??m] n. 冰雹

incredible [?n?kred?bl] adj. 難以置信的，不可思議的

secretary [?sekr?tr?] n. 秘書，書記

predict [pr??d?kt] v. 預(yù)報(bào)，預(yù)告

prediction [pr??d?k??n] n. 預(yù)言，預(yù)報(bào)

show up 出現(xiàn)，露面

shoot [?u?t] n. 拍攝

scene [si?n] n. 片段，場(chǎng)面，場(chǎng)景

shrug [?r?g] v. 聳（肩）

語(yǔ)法分析

1. One day, an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow will be rain." 一天，一個(gè)印度老人告訴導(dǎo)演說(shuō)：“明天有雨。”

解析 　在本篇笑話中，要注意直接引語(yǔ)。講述別人的原話，并把它放在引號(hào)里，這叫直接引語(yǔ)。直接引語(yǔ)用來(lái)直接引述別人的話語(yǔ)，一般說(shuō)來(lái)具有以下五個(gè)特點(diǎn)：

①引用的話之前用“,”；

②引用的話結(jié)束后，需用“.”、“?”、“!”等標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)；

③被引用的話是原話，不作任何改動(dòng)；

④被引用的話放在引號(hào)內(nèi)；

⑤引出直接引語(yǔ)的引述詞常有say（說(shuō)道），ask（問(wèn)道），shout（喊道），cry（喊道），laugh（大笑道）等。例如：

He said, "I am going to see her this afternoon." 他說(shuō)：“我今天下午要去看望她?！?/p>

You are wrong, Tom said. “你錯(cuò)了，”湯姆說(shuō)。

口語(yǔ)實(shí)踐

A　Have you listened to the weather forecast?

B　Yes, it is sunny today.

A　你聽(tīng)天氣預(yù)報(bào)了嗎？

B　聽(tīng)了，今天天氣晴朗。

★forecast [?f??kɑ?st] n.&v. 預(yù)報(bào)，預(yù)測(cè)

A　Is it going to rain today?

B　I heard it might rain.

A　今天會(huì)下雨嗎？

B　我聽(tīng)說(shuō)今天可能下雨。

A　How's the weather tomorrow?

B　The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.

A　明天天氣怎么樣？

B　天氣預(yù)報(bào)說(shuō)明天有雨。

A　Nice day, isn't it?

B　Yes, it's incredible. We haven't had sunshine like this in months!

A　天氣真好，不是嗎？

B　是啊，好得出奇。我們已經(jīng)幾個(gè)月都沒(méi)見(jiàn)到這樣的陽(yáng)光啦！

★sunshine [?s?n?a?n] n. 陽(yáng)光

A　It is boiling today, isn't it?

B　Yes, it's very hot and stuffy.

A　今天的天氣熱得要命，是不是？

B　是的，今天天氣很悶熱。

★boiling [?b??l??] adj. 炎熱的

★stuffy [?st?f?] adj. 通風(fēng)不良的，悶人的

笑話文化解讀

在英美國(guó)家，人們對(duì)于談?wù)撎鞖庥兄貏e的興趣。在他們看來(lái)，初次見(jiàn)面或在彼此不是很了解的情況下，談?wù)撎鞖馐亲罘€(wěn)妥的辦法，所以他們常說(shuō)“以談?wù)撎鞖庾鳛檎勗掗_(kāi)場(chǎng)白既管用，又不得罪人（Mentioning weather can be a useful and inoffensive way of starting a conversation.）”。

英美人談?wù)撎鞖?，除個(gè)別情況是實(shí)實(shí)在在地談?wù)撎鞖馇闆r外，其他絕大部分情況都不是為了天氣而談天氣，而是為了引入新的話題。比如旅行的人們坐在車上，彼此互不認(rèn)識(shí)，假若大家都默默地坐著，那未免太尷尬，讓人難受。為了打破這種僵局（breaking the ice），人們就得沒(méi)話找話說(shuō)。說(shuō)什么呢？在英美人看來(lái)，最方便也是最安全的辦法，就是談?wù)撎鞖?。因?yàn)樘鞖膺@一話題人人都可以發(fā)表見(jiàn)解，且不涉及他人私事（英美人視打聽(tīng)私事為大忌），也不至于失禮或引起誤解。