英语笑话：Wee Hours 凌晨

Wee Hours

A man asked his doctor, "Doc, my wife¹ has lost her voice². How can I help her get it back?"

The doctor replied³, " Try coming home at four in the morning!"


Notes:

1. A man asked his doctor, "Doc, my wife has lost her voice."

一个男人问他的医生：“医生，我妻子失声了。”

2. How can I help her get it back?

我要怎么帮她恢复呢？

"get..back"是“使…回到原来状态”的意思，也可以指“送某人回某处”，如：He got⁴ her back holeL他送她回饭店。

3. The doctor replied, " Try coming home at four in the morning!"

医生回答说：“试试看，在凌晨4点回家！”

"try + to + v."，表示“试著努力去完成某件亊情"；而"try + v.-ing"，表示“试着去做某件事”，没有努力的意思，只是纯粹试试看。

这真是个好办法，因为在那种情况下，妻子的潜能被激发了，想必这个医生也有过相同的经历，曾经因凌晨回家而被妻子怒斥。

1 wife   

n.妻子，太太，老婆

参考例句：

• She is my wife.她是我妻子。
• He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

2 voice   

n.说话声；声音

参考例句：

• Her voice was music to my ears.她的声音听起来就像音乐。
• That song doesn't suit her voice.那首歌不适合她的嗓子。

3 replied   

v.[法律]（原告对被告）答辩( reply的过去式和过去分词 )；反响；作答；（以行动）做出反应

参考例句：

• She replied in a measured tone to his threat. 她以很有分寸的语气回答了他的威胁。
• I gathered from the way she replied that she wasn't very enthusiastic. 从她回答的语气判断，我觉得她不很热心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。