英文笑话：Mommy is hitting the bottle

A woman was¹ trying hard to get the catsup to come out of the bottle. During² her struggle³ the phone rang so she asked her four-year-old daughter to answer the phone. The child said⁴, "Mommy can't come to the phone right now. She's hitting the bottle."

一个妇人正在使劲打开番茄酱的瓶子。这时，电话铃响了，她叫四岁的女儿去接电话。小孩说：“妈妈现在不能接电话，她在砸瓶子。”

1 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

2 during   

prep.在…期间，在…时候

参考例句：

• What did you do with yourself during the summer holidays?暑假你是怎样度过的？
• London is full of visitors during May and June.五六月间伦敦挤满了游客。

3 struggle   

vi.努力；挣扎；奋斗；n.竞争；努力；奋斗

参考例句：

• They joined the struggle against him.他们参加了反对他的斗争。
• After a long struggle,she gained control of the business.她经过长期的努力，在业务上已能应付自如。

4 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。