英文欣赏:Things My Mother Taught Me 母亲教我的
Things My Mother Taught Me
——Anonymous
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 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 logic:
“Because I said so, that’s why.”
My mother taught me foresight:
“Be sure you wear clean underwear in case you’re in an accident.”
My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM contortion:
“Will you look at the dirt on the back of your neck!”
My mother taught me about stamina:
“You’ll sit there’til all that spinach is finished.”
My mother taught me about weather:
“It looks as if a tornado 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 envy:
“There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do!”
母亲教我的
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!”
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。”
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。)
母亲教我什么是逻辑:
“为什么?因为我就是这么说的!”
母亲教我什么是远见:
“一定要穿干净内衣,以防万一你遇到事故。”
母亲教我什么是柔体杂技:
“你能不能看看你脖子后面的泥!”
母亲教我什么是耐力:
“坐在那儿,直到把所有的菠菜吃完。”
母亲教我如何识天气:
“好像有龙卷风席卷过你的房间。”
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?”
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.straighten up v.好转, 直起来, 改正, 清理, 澄清
例句:
Straighten up your ideas!
要改进你的观念!
2.foresight n. 远见,深谋远虑
例句:
The couple had the foresight to plan their retirement wisely.
他们夫妇很有远见,精心安排了退休后的生活。
3.contortion n. 扭弯,扭歪,扭
例句:
To make a sharp contortion of the face.
做鬼脸做出脸部极端扭曲的动作
4.stamina n.毅力, 持久力, 耐力
例句:
You need great stamina to run the 10000 metres race.
你需要巨大的耐力才能跑完一万米比赛。
5.meteor n. 流星,大气现象,一夜成名的人
例句:
Like a flash of lightming, the meteor shot across the sky.
流星象一道闪光划过夜空。
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