英语悠选脱口秀 第47期:千古难题!女友老妈落水先救谁?

 　　讲解

　　Today’s key word is Choice

　　Choice 选择 抉择

　　If there is a choice of things, there are several of them and you can choose the one you want.

　　Here is an example

　　At lunchtime, there's a choice between Rice or Noodle.

　　午餐可以在大米和面条之间选择。

　　今天我们要谈的选择，是千年以来人类难以解决的一个选择的难题。女朋友和妈妈同时掉进河里，你先救谁？

　　First of all, can I ask both of you guys if your mother and your girlfriends were both drowning in the water who will you save first? Brain, would you like to fill that?

　　Given that I believe my mother knows how to swim and my girlfriend probably does~~~ This is a tricky¹ one. Your mother is always your mother, isn’t she?

　　You have a girlfriend; you might have a girl friend for just maybe a couple of months or so.

　　If it is a new relationship, it might be less difficult to cut the girl lose to save your mother.

　　It seems that now the Chinese ministry² of Justice has provided³ the answer----the mother!

1 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。