经典双语笑话 第19期:许个愿吧

 Make a Wish！ 许个愿吧!

Every morning on his way to work, a business man passed a house where he saw a woman beating her looy on the head with a loaf of bread. 每天早晨一位商人在上班途中都会经过一户人家，他总是看见一个女人用一条面包打她儿子的头部。

But on this particular day, he noticed that she was hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake. 但今天却比较特别，他发现她正用一块巧克力蛋糕打他的头。

Unable to restrain¹ his curiosity², he rang the doorbell and the woman answere. 他忍不住好奇，便按了那户人家的门铃。女人听了铃声，出来开门。

"Madam, I couldn't help but notice that every day you beat your child with a loaf of bread. . . " “这位太太，每天经过这里我都忍不住会注意到你用一条面包打你儿子……”

"That's true." "那倒是不假……"

"And yet today I observed that you were hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake. "可是今天我却看见你用一块巧克力蛋糕打他。"

“Well, today's his birthday.” “今天是他生日嘛。”

1.a loaf of 一个；一条；一个面包；长方形的；一大块

例句：When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

如果在世上你只剩下2毛钱，就用一毛钱买一块面包，另一毛买一朵百合花。

2.restrain 抑制，控制；约束；制止

例句：She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.

她无法抑制她那不顾一切的愤怒。

3.curiosity 好奇；好奇心；珍品；古董；古玩

例句：He is dying³ of curiosity to see how much money in my pocket.

他十分好奇我口袋里究竟有多少钱。

4.couldn't help 禁不住；忍不住；不得不

例句：I couldn't help myself and started crying uncontrollably at the thought of having to give up running.

我无法控制我的情绪，想到我必须放弃跑步时就会忍不住开始哭泣。

1 restrain   

vt.阻止，控制；抑制，遏制

参考例句：

• If you can't restrain your dog you must lock it up.如果你无法管住你的狗，就必须把它关起来。
• They couldn't restrain their excitement.他们无法抑制自己的激动。

2 curiosity   

n.好奇心，新奇的事物，珍品

参考例句：

• He gave in to curiosity and opened my letter.他抑制不住好奇心，拆开了我的信。
• The children are dying of curiosity to see what's in the parcel.孩子们出于好奇，迫不及待地想看看包裹中是什么东西。

3 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。