看笑話學(xué)英語(yǔ):I had forgotten who it was 我忘了那人是誰(shuí)

I had forgotten who it was 我忘了那人是誰(shuí)

英語(yǔ)笑話

A society youth writes ironically to the young lady in the case: "Dear Miss Smith, perhaps you remember I proposed to you last night, and I do not now recall whether you said yes, or no."

Dear George, I remember I said 'no' to someone last night, but I had forgotten who it was.

中文翻譯

一個(gè)社交界的青年給一位年輕女士挖苦地寫道：“親愛的史密斯小姐，您也許記得我昨晚向您求婚，但我現(xiàn)在記不起您到底是答應(yīng)了還是沒有答應(yīng)?！?/p>

“親愛的喬治，我記得昨晚是對(duì)一個(gè)人說了‘不’，但忘了那人是誰(shuí)了。

詞匯點(diǎn)睛

ironically [a???r?n?kli] adv. 嘲諷地，挖苦地

propose [pr??p??z] v. 求婚

口語(yǔ)實(shí)踐

A　I want to buy a gift for my father. Will you go with me to choose one for him?

B　Sure. But why do you want to buy a gift for him? Is today his birthday?

A　How could you forget Father's Day?

A　我想給我爸爸買個(gè)禮物，你陪我去給他挑一個(gè)好嗎？

B　好啊，可為什么要給他買禮物呢？今天是他的生日嗎？

A　你怎么能把父親節(jié)給忘了呢？

★go with sb. 陪同某人，和某人一起去

★Father's Day 父親節(jié)（每年的六月第三個(gè)星期日）

A　You're a little forgetful lately.

B　All this study for my dissertation is doing my head in. I'm always forgetting my keys and even to switch off lights.

A　你最近有點(diǎn)健忘啊。

B　學(xué)位論文的研究讓我煩死了。我現(xiàn)在總忘記帶鑰匙，甚至還總忘記關(guān)燈。

★dissertation [?d?s??te??n] n. 學(xué)位論文

★switch off 關(guān)掉，切斷

A　Where is she? Did she forget we were meeting up tonight?

B　She couldn't have.

A　她在哪兒？她不會(huì)把我們晚上見面的事給忘了吧？

B　她不會(huì)忘的。

A　I forget where I left my keys.

B　You really suffer from forgetfulness.

A　我忘記把鑰匙放在哪里了。

B　你真有健忘的毛病。

★suffer from 遭受

★forgetfulness [f??getf?ln?s] n. 健忘