【看幽默笑话，学习大学单词用法】快乐学英语，学习幽默思维
2012-08-17 11:40阅读：
【Background】
The trouble with life is
there's no background music.
生命的麻烦是没有背景音乐。
注：如果象电影上一样，紧张时音乐也变得很激昂，那生活该多有激情。
Backward
Lou: We’ll have to fire George,
that new accounting clerk.
Bud: George? Not George! Why,
he knows the job backwards!
Lou: Exactly!
Lou：我们不得不开除那个新来的会计George。
Bud：George？不应该是他呀，他对工作了如指掌（他的工作知识陈旧）！
Lo
u：没错！
注：know…..backward：对…极其熟悉。Backward：落后的。
A certain type of child is
innately[天生] backward. His dullness is not due to any outward cause:
it is just an Act of God, and only God knows how to cure
it.
有一类孩子天生落后，他们的迟钝没有任何外界的原因，是上帝的意思，只有上帝才知道怎么治。
注：Act of
God不可抗力。意思是“这些孩子傻得不可救药”。
The penguin flies backwards
because he doesn’t care to see where he’s going but wants to see
where he’s been.
企鹅向后飞行是因为他不关心去哪儿，只想看到已经走过的路。
注：有些人老是吹嘘他们以前干过的事儿，你就可以说他们象企鹅。
When Adam introduced himself to
Eve, what three words did he use which read the same backwards and
forwards?
“Madam, I’m Adam.”
当亚当把自己介绍给夏娃时，他用了哪三个单词正反念都一样。
女士，我是亚当。
Bake
Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.
大部分冷酷无情的人都半生不熟。
解释：half-baked意思就是半生不熟，不成熟。成熟的有修养的人都彬彬有礼。
Bakery student no. 1: Yahoo! I got great marks in
bread-baking class.
Bakery student no. 2: How do you know?
Bakery student no. 1: I just saw my name on the honor
roll.
面包店学甿：我在烤面包课上得了高分。
面包店学甿：你怎么知道？
面包店学甿：我刚在荣誉卷上看见了我的名字。
解释：honor
roll：意思是中小学优等学生名单，字面上看可理解成：荣誉面包卷。
Balance
He walks as if balancing the
family tree on his nose.
他走起路来好象鼻子上平衡着家族树似的。
注：他老是爱吹嘘老爸怎么了不起，他的爷爷有多伟大。
The Italians [demonstrated]
once again their astonishing ability to cope with disaster which is
so perfectly balanced by their absolute inability to deal with
success.
意大利人再次显示了他们处理灾难的令人震惊的能力，正好完美平衡了他们不能应付成功的绝对无能。
注：面对灾难，冷静沉着，但面对成功，却不知所措。意思是：很多人可以在逆境生活，在顺境时却容易翻船。
Betty: This cookbook shows you
how to serve balanced meals.
Veroniva: Oh, I’m already doing
that. One day my husband complains, and the next day the kids
complain.
Betty：这本烹饪书告诉你怎样提供平衡饮食。
Veroniva：我已经那样做了。我丈夫抱怨一天，我孩子抱怨一天。
Well, I lie all the time. I
have to ---- to balance the family ticket.
好了，我一直在说谎，我必须说谎 ---- 我们家需要搞一下平衡。
注：美国前总统卡特说自己从不说谎，这是在模仿他妈妈这么说。
What sometimes happens to old
accountants?
They lose their
balance.
老会计有时候发生什么情况？——他们失去平衡（收支不平衡）。
Balcony
Box Office clerk: The orchestra
seats are $50, the balcony seats are $25, and the programs are
$5.
Customer: Give me a program.
I’ll sit on it.
剧场员工：管弦乐队座位50美元，楼厅座位25美元，节目单5美元。
顾客：给我一张节目单，我坐上面。
Wife: Why do you go to the
balcony when I sing?
Husband: I want the neighbors
to see that I am not beating my wife.
妻子：为什么我一唱歌你就去阳台呢？
丈夫：我想让邻居看到我没有打老婆。
Ballon
为什么我们决不该向气球征求意见？
因为它们里面全是热空气。
Why should we never ask balloons for advice?
They are full of hot air.
注：hot
air吹牛。
Ban
Ban walking sticks in the
wilderness. Hikers[旅行者] that use walking sticks are more likely to chase
animals.
野地里禁止使用手杖，拿着手杖的旅行者更容易追逐动物。
注：貌似合理的原因产生幽默。
BAN BUMPER
STICKERS
禁止汽车标贴。
注：这句话本身不可笑，贴在汽车上就好玩儿了。
