经典双语笑话 第2期:黑人英语

 Unit2 Black English 第二节 黑人英语

The black couple already had eight children,  一对黑人夫妇已有八个小孩，

and Lula May was pregnant with her ninth.  而鲁拉·梅又怀了第九个小孩,

Finally she convinced her husband to get a vasectomy. 最后她说服了她先生去做男性绝育手术。

On the morning of the operation,  手术的早晨，

she was surprised to see her husband putting on a tuxedo¹ and getting into a limousine² for the short ride to the hospital. 她惊讶地看见她老公穿着礼服，乘坐一辆礼车到不远的医院去。

"Say, honey, what's all this about?" asked Lula May. "亲爱的，这是怎么一回事啊?鲁拉·梅问道。"

"Baby, if you gonna be important, you gotta look important. "宝贝，如果你想当名大人物的话，就要让人一看就知道你很重要!"

1.pregnant with 怀孕

例句：Just be prepared for people to ask if you are pregnant with this behavior.

只不过要准备好别人问你，这么做是不是怀孕了。

2. get a vasectomy 做绝育手术

例句：Ask for the kid to be named after you, write her a check for 18 years of child support, and get a vasectomy.

真诚地请求让这个孩子跟你姓，给她写张支票支付孩子未来18年的抚养费，然后去做结扎绝育手术。

3.putting on 穿上

例句：But here, as we saw in week zero with the shoe example putting on socks, I have to increment³ this variable explicitly⁴ myself.

但是这里，像我们上周看到的，鞋子穿在袜子上,我需要亲自明确地增加这个变量。

4.get into 进入

例句：All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.

我们这些做创意工作的，因为品味不凡得以进入这个行业。

1 tuxedo   

n.礼服，无尾礼服

参考例句：

• Well,you have your own tuxedo.噢，你有自己的燕尾服。
• Have I told you how amazing you look in this tuxedo?我告诉过你穿这件燕尾服看起来很棒吗？

2 limousine   

n.豪华轿车

参考例句：

• A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady.司机为这个高贵的女士打开了豪华轿车的车门。
• We arrived in fine style in a hired limousine.我们很气派地乘坐出租的豪华汽车到达那里。

3 increment   

n.增值，增价；提薪，增加工资

参考例句：

• Each increment of knowledge tells us more of our world.知识的点滴增长都会增进我们对世界的认知。
• She receives a salary increment each year.她每年得到加薪。

4 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法