经典双语笑话 第35期:小孩子真了不起

 Aren't Kidss Wonderful ? 小孩子实在了不起!

Mother got on the train with Little Johnny and Little Ronny. 妈妈和小强尼、小罗尼一起搭乘火车。

Little Johnny was full of questions as usual: "What's an emergency brake, Mommy?" 小强尼一如往常问东问西，“妈咪，什么是紧急煞车?"

“Why did that policeman ask to see our tickets?" “为什么那位警察叔叔要看我们的车票?"

"Why can't I lean out the window?" etc. “为什么身体不能伸出窗外?"等等诸如此类问题。

His mother was becoming ever more exasperated¹. 妈妈实在忍不住要发脾气了。

Finally, Little Johnny asked, "What was that last station we stopped at, Mommy?" 最后小强尼又问：“妈咪，刚刚火车停靠的是哪一站?”

"I don't know, Johnny, and will you please stop pestering² me? “我不知道，强尼，你可不可以不要烦我？

I'm trying to read. " 我正在看书呢!”

A few minutes of silence passed,then Johnny said, 一阵安静过后，强尼说道：

"It's too bad you don't know what station that was, cause that's where Little Ronny got off. " “真糟糕，你竟然不知道罗尼下车的哪个车站。”

1 exasperated   

adj.恼怒的

参考例句：

• We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
• Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。

2 pestering   

使烦恼，纠缠( pester的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He's always pestering me to help him with his homework. 他总是泡蘑菇要我帮他做作业。
• I'm telling you once and for all, if you don't stop pestering me you'll be sorry. 我这是最后一次警告你。如果你不停止纠缠我，你将来会后悔的。