经典双语笑话 第57期:同病相怜

 We're in the Same Boat 同病相怜

The young man was terribly self-conscious because he had a wooden eye. 一位年轻人因为他有只木制的眼睛而感到非常自卑。

His friends would often invite him to dance parties, 他的朋友常会邀请他参加舞会，

but he could never work up the courage to ask a girl to dance. 但他从没能鼓起勇气邀请女孩子跳舞。

But then, one evening, he spotted¹ a girl with a wooden leg sitting sadly by herself. 有一晚，他却不经意看见一位装了一只木制义肢的女孩独自伤心地坐在角落。

Apprehensively², he walked up to her and asked, 他很谨慎地走向她问道：

"Would you like to dance?" “你要不要跳舞呀?”

"Would I? ! " she exclaimed. “我要不要? ”她惊叫。

"Oh, yeah? Well, you've got a wooden leg!" “哦，怎么了?你有一只木制的义肢(而我有一只木制的假眼，咱们应是天生的一对嘛!)。”

1.Same Boat 同病相怜;相同遭遇

例句：Of course. We're in the same boat for two terms.

当然，我们共患难了两个学期。

2.self-conscious 自觉地；自发的

例句：He was keenly sensitive, hopelessly self-conscious.

他非常神经过敏，自惭形秽得到了不可救药的地步。

3.work up 逐步建立；激发

例句：The speaker was determined³ to work up the feelings of his audience.

这位演说者决意要激发起听众的情感。

4.walked up to 走向；走近

例句：A stranger walked up to me and asked me the time.

一位陌生人走近我，问我几点了。

1 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

2 apprehensively   

adv.担心地

参考例句：

• He glanced a trifle apprehensively towards the crowded ballroom. 他敏捷地朝挤满了人的舞厅瞟了一眼。 来自辞典例句
• Then it passed, leaving everything in a state of suspense, even the willow branches waiting apprehensively. 一阵这样的风过去，一切都不知怎好似的，连柳树都惊疑不定的等着点什么。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。