英文小幽默（5）

我把丈夫变成了百万富翁

A woman was telling her friend, "It is I who made my husband a millionaire¹."
 "And what was he before you married² him?" asked the friend. 
The woman replied, "A billionaire." 

“我把丈夫变成了一个百万富翁。”一个女人告诉她的朋友。
“那他结婚前是什么样的呢？”朋友问。
“那时他是个千万富翁。”

一还是二  One or Two?

One or Two? 

Customer: Waiter, I've only got one piece of meat in my dish.
Waiter:Just a moment, sir and I'll cut it in two.

顾客：服务员，我盘子里怎么只有一块肉？
服务员：先生，请稍候，我去把它切成两块。

那就更糟了 Much Worse

　Much Worse

Policeman: Why didn't you shout for help when you were robbed³ of your watch? 
Man: If I had opened my mouth, they'd have found my four gold teeth. That would be much worse.

中文：

警察：有人抢你的手表时，你为什么不呼救呢？
男子：要是我张口的话，他们就会发现我的四颗金牙。那就更糟了。

注释：

1、shout for help：呼救
2、rob of：抢劫

1 millionaire   

n.百万富翁，大富豪

参考例句：

• The millionaire put up a lot of money for the church.这位百万富翁为教会捐了许多钱。
• She wants to marry a millionaire.她想嫁给一位有钱人。

2 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。

3 robbed   

v.抢夺( rob的过去式和过去分词 )；抢劫；掠夺；使丧失

参考例句：

• Would you be able to identify the man who robbed you? 你能够认出那个抢你东西的人吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They stood looking on while the man was robbed. 正当那个人被抢劫时，他们却站在那儿袖手旁观。 来自《简明英汉词典》