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英语笑话带翻译:Who Was the First Man 谁是世界上第一个男人

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2015-06-29 17:36

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  英语笑话是什么?英语笑话是指一个英文故事让说话者和听者之间觉得好笑,或是产生幽默感,笑话是一种经过艺术加工的语言形式,是艺术化的语言。

  英语笑话带翻译(一)

  Who was the first man? 谁是世界上第一个男人

  A teacher said to her class:”Who was the first man?”

  一个老师问她的学生:“谁是世界上第一个男人”

  “George Washington,” a little boy shouted promptly.

  一个小男孩立刻大声说:“乔治.华盛顿。”

  “How do you make out that George Washington was the first man?”asked the teacher,smiling indulgently.

  老师带着宠溺的笑容问这个男生:“你如何证明乔治华盛顿是世界上第一个男人呢。”

  “Because,” said the little boy, “he was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

  这个男孩子说:“因为,他是第一个挑起战争,第一个主张和平,并且是第一个深得民心的人。”

  But at this point a larger boy held up his hand. “Well,” said the teacher to him, “who do you think was the first man?”

  这时,有一个年龄稍大的男孩子举起手来,老师问他,“你认为谁是世界第一个男人?”

  “I don’t know what his name was, ” said the larger boy, “but I know it wasn’t George Washington, ma’am, because the history book says George Washington married a widow, so, of course, there must have been a man ahead of him.”

  男孩回答说:“我不知道他的名字,但是我肯定他不是乔治华盛顿,因为历史书上说,乔治华盛顿和一个寡妇结婚了,所以在他之前,当然还有一个男的啦。”

  词汇

  promptly 立刻地

  indulgently 宠溺地,放任地

  widow 寡妇

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