早安英文 第243期:国外老妈和孩子之间的爆笑误会

 英语学习笔记：

pause v. 暂停

bisexual adj. 两性的；雌雄同体的

unisex adj. 男女皆宜的

kidnap¹ vt. 绑架

My mum said, ”The TV is broken! There’s just a big 11 on the screen!” It was the pause button.

我妈说：“电视机坏了，屏幕上有个很大的11”，其实那个11是暂停键的标志。

When I passed my classes, mom responded with “WTF.” She thought that meant, “Well That’s Fantastic.”

当我考试过了，我妈跟我说：“WTF（what the fuck）” 她觉得WTF的缩写是：“哇，那真棒。”

My mom excitedly said her new sweatshirt was bisexual. I said, “Do you mean unisex?” She said, “Whatever.”

我妈很兴奋的跟我说，她新的运动衫是双性（bisexual）的。我说：“你是指男女皆宜（unisex）吧” 她说：“别管这些小细节”

Mom told me to walk home after a party. I said , “What if I get kidnapped?” and she said “Trust me, they’ll bring you back.”

我妈告诉我聚会之后要自己走回家，我说：“如果我被绑架了怎么办？”，结果我妈说：“相信我，他们会带你回来的。”

1 kidnap   

v.拐，绑架，劫持（某人）

参考例句：

• A pair of robbers were trying to kidnap his wife.两个强盗正试图绑架他的妻子。
• They were intelligent and educated,yet they chose to kidnap and kill.他们聪明且有教养，却选择去绑架和杀人。