经典双语笑话 第24期:第二个童年期

 Unit 6 Is This What They Mean by Second Childhood? 第六课 老年是人生的第二个童年期吗?

An old man sees a little boy sitting on a curb¹, crying. 一位老人看见一个小男孩坐在路旁号啕大哭。

"What's the matter, little boy?" he asks. “怎么回事，小兄弟?”老人问道。

"I can't do what the big boys do. " “大男孩能做的事，我都不能做。”

The old man sits down next to him and starts crying too. 听了他的话，老人坐在小男孩旁边也开始哭了起来。

1.sit on 坐在；坐着

例句：Negotiate about Afghanistan, but don't sit on your hands while you bargain.

谈判阿富汗问题吧，但当你谈判时不要坐守不前、不采取行动。

2.childhood童年；童年时光

例句：Adolescence² is the period of progression from childhood to adulthood³.

青春期是由童年到成年的过渡期.

3.curb 路边；路旁

例句：Elaborate funeral cars stood along the curb.

精心装饰的出殡汽车沿街排列着。

4.start 开始；着手；出发

例句：When you start developing your narrative⁴, choose photographs of your personas.

当你开始展开叙述时，选择你人物角色的照片。

1 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

2 adolescence   

n.青春期，青少年

参考例句：

• Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
• The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。

3 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。

4 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。