英语笑话：divorce 离婚

divorce

I asked my friend why she wanted to divorce her husband. She answered, "Every time I sit on his lap, he starts dictating¹ letters".


Notes:

1.I asked my friend why she wanted to divorce her husband.

我问我朋友为什么她要和丈夫离婚。

2.She answered,"Every time I sit on his lap, he starts dictating letters."
她回答：“每次我坐在他大腿上时，他就开始口述信件。”

“lap”是指“（人坐着时)腰以下到膝为止的大腿部”。因为笔记本电脑是可以放在大腿（lap)上(top)的电脑，所以称为 laptop。“dictate”在这里表示“使（人)听写”?如：The teacher dictated² vocabulary words to the students.老师让同学听写单词。
所以每当妻子坐在他大腿上，他就感觉好像回到了办公室，秘书(secretary)坐在他大腿上的场景，就不知不觉地口述起信来了，与秘书的风流韵事(affkir)因此曝光!

1 dictating   

v.大声讲或读( dictate的现在分词 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• The manager was dictating a letter to the secretary. 经理在向秘书口授信稿。 来自辞典例句
• Her face is impassive as she listens to Miller dictating the warrant for her arrest. 她毫无表情地在听米勒口述拘留她的证书。 来自辞典例句

2 dictated   

v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
• No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》