看笑話學英語:Taken for granted 理所當然

Taken for granted 理所當然

英語笑話

The school health forms had been distributed to the students with an error —the word "Sex" had been spelled with an "o". One mother, filling out the form for her son, wrote in the blank next to "Sox": "Usually brown."

中文翻譯

某學校發(fā)給學生的健康調查表里有個錯別字——把“性別”的“性”字寫成了“襪”字。一位母親在為她的兒子填寫表格時，在“襪別”的那欄填上了：“棕色為主?！?/p>

詞匯點睛

distribute [d??str?bju?t] v. 分發(fā)

error [?er?(r)] n. 錯誤，差錯

fill out 填寫

blank [bl??k] n. 空白

語法分析

本篇笑話中需要注意的是英語中sex（性）與sox（襪）只有一個字母之差。

口語實踐

A　There must be an error in our calculations.

B　Yeah, I think so. Let's check it.

A　我們的計算中肯定有個錯誤。

B　是啊，我也這么認為。咱們檢查一下吧。

★calculation [?k?lkj??le???n] n. 計算

A　I have a party this weekend. Would you like to come?

B　I have to hit the books this weekend because I will have a test.

A　這周末我有一個派對。你想來嗎？

B　我這周末得埋頭書本，因為我有個考試。