賴世雄讀英語笑話學(xué)英語之不帶顏色的通俗笑話(2)：至少你有所選擇(雙語)

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Unit 2 At Least You Get a Choice 至少你有所選擇

A newly deceased sinner had just entered hell, and was being shown around.
一名罪人去世后，剛下地獄就被帶往各處走走。

“I’ll tell you how it works around here,” declared a particularly hideous devil. “You get your choice of three punishments. Here’s the first.”
“我將告訴你這里的狀況，”一位面目可憎的魔鬼宣布道。至少你有所選擇“你三種刑罰中選一個(gè)，這是第一種。”

The sinner watched in horror as he saw men and women repeatedly being immersed in boiling water.
罪人看見男男女女反復(fù)地被浸入沸騰的熱水中，嚇得目瞪口呆。

“Here’s the second.” The poor sinner shuddered as he saw unfortunate people being continually hounded by ferocious beasts and cruel demons.
“再看第二種。”可憐的罪人看到一些不幸的人被兇惡的野獸和殘酷的妖怪不停地追趕，嚇得直打哆嗦。

“And here’s the third.” A group was standing knee-deep in shit and sipping tea.
“這是第三種。”一群人站在深及膝部的糞池中喝茶。

“Well, this seems alright,” said the sinner. “I’ll take this one.”
“這個(gè)看來還可以，我就選這個(gè)。”

And he joined the group.
罪人說著便加入了那群犯人。

No sooner had he done so than another devil yelled out “OK, tea-time’s over. Get back on your heads.”
就在他加入不久，一個(gè)魔鬼大聲喊道“：午茶時(shí)間結(jié)束，回到頭下腳上倒立的姿勢(shì)。”

英語知識(shí)點(diǎn)解說：

1.deceased a. 死亡的；已故的
the deceased 已故者
例：Our founder is not only retired, he's deceased.
（我們的創(chuàng)建人不僅是退休而已，他已過世了。）
The deceased will be buried according to the rites of the Catholic Church.
（死者將依天主教堂的儀式安葬。）

2.sinner n. 罪人
sin n. 罪（指違反良心的罪）
例：According to Christianity, we are all sinners, and only Christ can redeem us.
（依據(jù)基督教的說法，世人都有罪，只有耶穌基督可以救贖我們。）
It's a sin to cheat on one's spouse.
（對(duì)自己的配偶不忠就是一種罪。）

3.show sb around 帶某人走動(dòng)參觀
例：Tom, show this new man around the plant, will you? And tell him his duties.
（湯姆，麻煩你帶這位新來的先生參觀工廠并把他所負(fù)責(zé)的工作告訴他。）

5.devil n. 魔鬼
例：Speak of the devil, and he appears.
（說到曹操，曹操就到。諺語）
Adam and Eve were tempted by the devil.
（亞當(dāng)和夏娃為惡魔所引誘。）

6.horror n. 恐怖
horrible a. 可怕的

7.immerse vt. 使浸入
例：Just immerse the tea bag in the water for a few minutes to produce a refreshing drink.
（只要把茶包浸入水中幾分鐘就可泡出一杯提神的飲料。）

4.hideous a. 可怕的
例：That woman is not ugly—she's hideous!
（那個(gè)女人不僅是丑而已，她看起來好可怕。）

8.shudder vi. 發(fā)抖
例：Peter shuddered as his wife announced that her mother was coming for a visit.
（當(dāng)彼得的太太告訴他她媽媽要來拜訪一個(gè)禮拜時(shí)，他嚇得發(fā)抖起來。）

9.boiling water 滾燙的熱水
boiled water 開水，已煮開的水

10.hound vt. 追捕
例：The spendthrift was being hounded by his creditors.
（那個(gè)揮霍成性的人正苦于債主們的追討。）

11.cruel a. 殘忍的
cruelty n. 殘暴
例：The cruel owner beat his dog mercilessly.
（這位殘忍的主人無情地鞭打他的狗。）
Cruelty to animals is really despicable.
（虐待動(dòng)物是可鄙的。）

12.demon n. 惡魔（=devil）

13.knee-deep 深及膝部的

14.shit n. 糞便（此為一粗俗用字）
Bullshit!！牛屎！少吹牛了！

15.sip vt. & n. 啜飲
take a sip 小口啜飲
例：Terry sipped the hot tea carefully so as not to burn her tongue.
（泰莉小心翼翼地啜飲那杯熱茶以免燙到舌頭。）

16.on ＋身體部位　　以身體某部位接觸
swim on one's back 仰泳
stand on one hand 以單手倒立
stand on one's head 以兩手倒立
例：Yogis can stand on their heads for hours.
（修行瑜珈術(shù)的人可以頭腳倒立好幾小時(shí)。）

17.No sooner had + 主語 + 過去分詞＋ that 引導(dǎo)的過去式從句
=As soon as + 主語 + 過去式分詞，主語 + 過去式動(dòng)詞
…… 就 ……
例：No sooner had I seen him than I ran away.
=As soon as I saw him, I ran away.
（我一見到他就跑掉了。）

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