5-10 我母亲教我的

What My Mother Taught Me

　　

My mother taught me to appreciate a job well done:

　　"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside I just finished cleaning!"

　　

　　My mother taught me religion:

　　"You'd better pray that will come out of the carpet."

　　

　　My mother taught me about time travel:

　　"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

　　

　　My mother taught me logic¹:

　　"Because I said so, that's why!"

　　

　　My mother taught me foresight²:

　　"Be sure you wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident."

　　

　　My mother taught me about contortion³:

　　"Will you look at the dirt on the back of your neck!"

　　

　　My mother taught me about stamina⁴:

　　"You'll sit there 'til all that spinach⁵ is finished."

　　

　　My mother taught me about weather:

　　"It looks as if a tornado⁶ swept through your room."

　　

　　My mother taught me how to solve physics problems:

　　"If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen then?"

　　

　　My mother taught me about hypocrisy⁷:

　　"If I've told you once, I've told you a million -- times don't exaggerate!!!"

　　

　　My mother taught me about envy:

　　"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do!"

 

我母亲教我的

 

我母亲教我如何珍惜他人辛苦劳动：

“如果你们要打架，到外边打去--我刚整理好房间！”

 

我母亲教我什么是宗教：

“你最好祈祷那个东西能从地毯下冒出来。”

 

我母亲教我什么是时间旅行：

“你要是不改，我把你一把推到下周三！”(意为：不让过周末。)

 

我母亲教我什么是逻辑：

“为什么？因为我就是这么说的！”

 

我母亲?我什么是远见：

“一定要穿干净内衣，以防万一你遇到事故。”

 

我母亲教我什么是柔体杂技：

“你能不能看看你脖子后面的泥！”

 

我母亲教我什么是耐力：

“坐在那儿，直到把所有的菠菜吃完。”

 

我母亲教我认识天气：

“好像有龙卷风席卷过你的房间。”

 

我母亲教我如何解决物理学问题：

“如果我高声叫喊，是因为我看见有一颗流星正朝你俯冲而来，那你会不会听我的话？”

 

我母亲教我什么是伪善：

“如果我曾告诉过你一次，我实际上已告诉过你百万次——不许夸张!!!”

 

我母亲教我什么是嫉妒：

“这世界上有数百万不幸的孩子，他们可没有你这么好的父母。”

 

1 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

2 foresight   

n.先见之明，深谋远虑

参考例句：

• The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的。
• It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识。

3 contortion   

n.扭弯，扭歪，曲解

参考例句：

• I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.我不得不为这些体操运动员们高难度的扭体动作而赞叹。
• This sentence was spoken with the bitterness of self-upbraiding,and a contortion of visage absolutely demoniacal.这话是用辛辣的自我谴责的口吻说出来的，说话时他的面孔也歪扭得象个地道的魔鬼。

4 stamina   

n.体力；精力；耐力

参考例句：

• I lacked the stamina to run the whole length of the race.我没有跑完全程的耐力。
• Giving up smoking had a magical effect on his stamina.戒烟神奇地增强了他的体力。

5 spinach   

n.菠菜

参考例句：

• Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.据说吃菠菜能使人强壮。
• You should eat such vegetables as carrot,celery and spinach.你应该吃胡萝卜、芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜。

6 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

7 hypocrisy   

n.伪善，虚伪

参考例句：

• He railed against hypocrisy and greed.他痛斥伪善和贪婪的行为。
• He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story.他指责了报纸在报道该新闻时的虚伪。