看笑話學英語:Logic reasoning 邏輯推理

Logic reasoning 邏輯推理

英語笑話

A fourth-grade teacher was giving her pupils a lesson on logic . She gave such an example.

Here is the situation , she said. "A man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance , falls in, and begins splashing and yelling for help. His wife hears the commotion , knows that he can't swim, and runs down to the bank . Why do you think she ran to the bank?"

A girl raised her hand and asked, "To draw out all of his savings ?"

中文翻譯

一位小學四年級的教師正在給學生們上一堂邏輯課。她舉了這么一個例子。

她說，“有這樣一種情況，一個男人在河中心的船上釣魚，突然失去重心掉進了水里。于是他開始掙扎并喊救命。他的妻子聽到了他的喊聲，知道他并不會游泳，所以她就急忙跑向河岸。誰能告訴我這是為什么？”

一個女生舉手答道，“是不是去取他的存款？”

詞匯點睛

pupil [?pju?pl] n. 小學生

logic [?l?d??k] n. 邏輯（學），邏輯性

situation [?s?t?u?e??n] n. 狀況，處境，局面

balance [?b?l?ns] n. 平衡

splash [spl??] v. 濺起，濺濕

yell [jel] v. 號叫，喊叫，叫喊

commotion [k??m????n] n. 混亂，喧鬧，騷動

bank [b??k] n. 岸，堤

savings [?se?v??z] n. 儲蓄，積蓄

語法分析

1. His wife hears the commotion, knows that he can't swim, and runs down to the bank. Why do you think she ran to the bank? 他的妻子聽到了他的喊聲，知道他并不會游泳，所以她就急忙跑向河岸。誰能告訴我這是為什么？

解析 　本篇笑話的關鍵點就在于這句話，而這句話的關鍵點就在于理解bank這個詞，bank這個詞除了有“銀行”的意思外，還可以表示“河岸，河畔”的意思，在本篇笑話中，正是此意。笑話中的學生正是曲解了bank的意思，從而鬧出笑話。

口語實踐

A　Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the bank?

B　Go along this street, turn right and walk on until you reach the first turning, then turn right again and you'll see it in front of you.

A　打擾一下，你能告訴我到銀行怎么走嗎？

B　沿著這條街走，右轉直到走到第一個拐彎處，然后又右轉，你就會看到它在你前面了。

★turning [?t??n??] n. 轉彎處，岔路口

A　Sir, how can I help you?

B　Yes, I'd like to open a new account.

A　先生，我能為您效勞嗎？

B　是的，我想開一個新賬戶。

A　Yes, of course. Will that being checking or savings?

B　Savings, please.

A　好的，沒問題。是活期賬戶還是定期儲蓄賬戶？

B　定期儲蓄賬戶吧。

★account [??ka?nt] n. 賬戶