背诵为王 第 一 册 第 12 课

12 Humour — Things Your Mother Wouldn’t Say

"Be good and I'll buy you a motorcycle for your birthday!
"How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?"
"Don's bother wearing a jacket — it's quite warm out.
"Let me smell that shirt — yeah, it's good for another week.
"I think a cluttered¹ bedroom is a sign of creativity.?
"Yeah, I used to skip school, too.?
"Just leave all the lights on...it makes the house more cheery.
"Could you turn the music up louder so I can enjoy it, too?

humour 幽默
motorcycle 摩托车
on earth 究竟 smell 闻
cluttered 混乱的
sign 预兆，表现
creativity 创造力
skip 跳
cheery 愉快的

幽默——母亲不会说的话
“你表现好，我就给你买辆摩托车作为生日礼物！”
“你怎么能够坐得这么远看电视呢？”
“不用麻烦再穿夹克衫了——外面很暖和。”
“让我闻闻这件衬衫——好，还可以再穿一个星期。”
“我觉得乱七八糟的卧室也是创造力的表现。”
“好，我以前也逃过课。”
“就让所有的灯都开着吧……这样的房间更令人愉快。”
“你可以把音乐开得再响一点吗？这样我也可以欣赏它。”

1 cluttered   

v.杂物，零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 )；乱糟糟地堆满，把…弄得很乱；（以…） 塞满…

参考例句：

• The room is cluttered up with all kinds of things. 零七八碎的东西放满了一屋子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The desk is cluttered with books and papers. 桌上乱糟糟地堆满了书报。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》