看笑話學英語:A smart housewife 精明的家庭主婦

A smart housewife 精明的家庭主婦

英語笑話

A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning. She was very excited , and said: "That'll be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed!"

中文翻譯

一位精明的家庭主婦聽人說有一種爐子用起來可以比她現(xiàn)在用的爐子省一半的煤。她聽了大為興奮，說：“那太好了！一個爐子可以省一半的煤，那么如果我買兩個爐子的話，不就可以把煤全都省下來了嗎？”

詞匯點睛

smart [smɑ?t] adj. 聰明的，伶俐的

housewife [?ha?swa?f] n. 家庭主婦

stove [st??v] n. 爐子，火爐

consume [k?n?sju?m] n. 消耗

coal [k??l] n. 煤，煤塊

excited [?k?sa?t?d] adj. 興奮的

terrific [t??r?f?k] adj. 極好的

語法分析

1. A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning. 一位精明的家庭主婦聽人說有一種爐子用起來可以比她現(xiàn)在用的爐子省一半的煤。

解析 　這個句子中包含了兩個從句，來分析一下該句的結(jié)構(gòu)，句子的主干是A smart housewife was told，that引導的從句作told的賓語，在賓語從句中又有一個which引導的定語從句，用來解釋說明stove?？谡Z實踐

口語實踐

A　Can you get a discount on these clothes?

B　We give 10% discount for cash.

A　這些衣服你可以給我打個折嗎？

B　付現(xiàn)金的話，我們打九折。

★discount [?d?s.ka?nt] n. 折扣

A　How about 20% off?

B　Sorry, we can't. This is a discount price.

A　打8折怎么樣？

B　抱歉，不行。這是打過折的價錢了。

A　Are both of these items on sale?

B　Yes, both of them are on sale.

A　這兩樣東西都打折嗎？

B　是的，都打折銷售。

★item [?a?t?m] n. 東西，商品

★on sale 出售，廉價出售