经典双语笑话 第39期:不要瞎混

 No Fooling! 不要瞎混!

"Please be gentle with me, darling," said the bride on her wedding night, "I'm a virgin¹. " “请对我温柔一些，亲爱的!”新婚之夜新娘对新郎说道。“我是个处女。”

"You're a virgin?" exclaimed her husband with surprise. “你是个处女?”她丈夫吃惊地叫道，

"But you've been married three times. " “可是你已经结过三次婚了啊。”

"That's true dear,but my first husband was an artist and he just wanted to look at my body. “没错，亲爱的，可是我的第一任丈夫是位艺术家，他只想看我的身体。

My second husband was in advertising², and he would only tell me how great it was going to be, 我的第二任丈夫从事广告业，而他只是告诉我那件事会有多美好。

and my third husband was a lawyer and would always say:"I'll get back to you next week." 我的第三任丈夫是位律师，他总是说：‘下星期我就回来看你。”

1.wedding night 新婚之夜

例句：Every minute of the wedding night is precious.

春宵一刻值千金。

2.virgin 处女；圣女

例句：The spring of the plains is not a reluctant virgin.

大草原的春天，并不是象一个处女那么娴静文雅。

3.exclaim 惊呼；惊叹；惊叫

例句："Oh," she was about to exclaim, but checked herself and allowed her thoughts to die without expression.

“噢，"她听了简直要惊叫起来，不过她忍住了，没有把自己的想法流露出来。

4.artist 艺术家

例句：The artist showed us a portfolio³ of her drawings.

艺术家给我们展示了她的绘画代表作品。

1 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

2 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

3 portfolio   

n.公事包；文件夹；大臣及部长职位

参考例句：

• He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
• He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。