看笑話學(xué)英語(yǔ):Mental deficiency 智力缺陷

Mental deficiency 智力缺陷

英語(yǔ)笑話

Would you mind telling me, Doctor, Bob asked, "how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal? "

Nothing is easier, the doctor replied. "You ask him a simple question which everyone should answer with no trouble. If he hesitates , that puts you on the track. "

Well, What sort of question?

Well, you might ask him, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?'

Bob thought for a moment, and then said with a nervous laugh, "You wouldn't happen to have another example would you? I must confess I don't know much about history."

中文翻譯

“醫(yī)生，你能不能告訴我，”鮑勃問(wèn)，“對(duì)于一個(gè)看上去很正常的人，你是怎樣判斷出他有智力缺陷的呢？”

“再?zèng)]有比這容易的了，”醫(yī)生回答，“問(wèn)他一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的問(wèn)題，簡(jiǎn)單到所有人都知道答案，如果他回答得不干脆，那你就知道是怎么回事了?！?/p>

“那要問(wèn)什么樣的問(wèn)題呢？”

“嗯，你可以這樣問(wèn)，‘庫(kù)克船長(zhǎng)環(huán)球旅行了三次，但是在其中一次的途中他去世了，是哪一次呢？’”

鮑勃想了一會(huì)兒，緊張地回答道，“你就不能問(wèn)另外一個(gè)問(wèn)題嗎？坦率地說(shuō)，我對(duì)歷史了解得不是很多?！?/p>

詞匯點(diǎn)睛

detect [d??tekt] v. 發(fā)現(xiàn)

mental [?mentl] adj. 精神的，心理的，智力的

deficiency [d??f??ns?] n. 缺乏，不足

appear [??p??(r)] v. 出現(xiàn)，顯露

completely [k?m?pli?tli] adv. 完全地

normal [?n??ml] adj. 正常的，常態(tài)的

hesitate [?hez?te?t] v. 猶豫，躊躇

track [tr?k] n. 痕跡

confess [k?n?fes] v. 供認(rèn)，承認(rèn)

語(yǔ)法分析

1. You ask him a simple question which everyone should answer with no trouble. 問(wèn)他一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的問(wèn)題，簡(jiǎn)單到所有人都知道答案。

解析 　句子的主干是You ask him a simple question，which引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句修飾question。例如：The prosperity which had never appeared before took on in the countryside. 農(nóng)村出現(xiàn)了前所未有的繁榮。

口語(yǔ)實(shí)踐

A　Do you know who got the first place in the mid-term?

B　Of course it's Mark. He's always the ace.

A　Man, he's got a high IQ.

A　你知道這次期中考試誰(shuí)得了第一嗎？

B　當(dāng)然是馬克了，他總是最好的。

A　伙計(jì)，他的IQ很高啊。

★IQ 智商，是intelligence quotient的首字母縮寫。

A　you could say that his EQ is definitely not catching up with his IQ.

B　How could that happen?

A　你應(yīng)該說(shuō)他的EQ肯定趕不上他的IQ。

B　那怎么可能呢？

★EQ 情商，是emotional quotient的首字母縮寫。

★catch up with 趕上

A　People are keen on talking about the relations between IQ and EQ,but I only have a vague knowledge about them.

B　Yeah right. Most people think high IQ comes along with a high EQ. But it's not absolute.

A　人們都熱衷于談?wù)揑Q和EQ之間的關(guān)系，而我對(duì)它們只有模糊的認(rèn)識(shí)。

B　確實(shí)，大多數(shù)人都認(rèn)為高IQ總是伴隨著高EQ，但這并不是絕對(duì)的。

★be keen on 熱衷于

★vague [ve?g] adj. 含糊的，不明確的

★knowledge [?n?l?d?] n. 知道，了解

★come along with 和……一道

★absolute [??bs?lu?t] adj. 絕對(duì)的，完全的

A　She's the kind of person who's good at dealing with people but can't work out a simple math problem.

B　Don't give her a hard time. At least she's got a high EQ.

A　她是那種很會(huì)處理人際關(guān)系但是卻連簡(jiǎn)單的數(shù)學(xué)題都做不出來(lái)的人。

B　別和她過(guò)不去了，至少她的EQ很高。

笑話文化解讀

如果你在街上遇到了一個(gè)神經(jīng)兮兮的人，你也許會(huì)低聲叨咕“這個(gè)人IQ有問(wèn)題”。但你知道“IQ”的全稱嗎？“I”代表intelligence，意思是“智力”（a good ability to learn and understand），“Q”代表quotient，意思是“商”。我們學(xué)習(xí)算術(shù)的時(shí)候，碰到“a number which is the result when one number is divided by another”，那么這個(gè)number就是“商數(shù)”；如果你碰到一個(gè)神童，可能就會(huì)贊嘆道：He has a very high IQ.（他的智商很高。）

不知道為什么，外國(guó)人對(duì)“quotient（商數(shù)）”備加寵愛(ài)，和英語(yǔ)字母Q搭配的新詞兒不斷地粉墨登場(chǎng)。比如說(shuō)“EQ”就是“Emotional Quotient”的縮寫，emotional是指“和情緒、情感有關(guān)的”。

據(jù)說(shuō)在成功的因素中，“IQ”僅占20％，而“EQ”則占到了80％?！癊Q”涉及到人的character（性格）、personality（個(gè)性）、willpower（意志力）等情感上的因素。繼IQ、EQ之后，又有人提出了兩個(gè)CQ。一個(gè)是“創(chuàng)造力商數(shù)（Creation Quotient）”，創(chuàng)造力對(duì)人生前途的影響不亞于其他的Q。另一個(gè)是“魅力商數(shù)（Charisma Quotient）”，“charisma”意味著“超凡的魅力”（the special charm which cause a person to win the love of ordinary people）。