Teachers and students(老师和学生)
1)
TEACHER: How old were you on your last birthday?
STUDENT: Seven.
TEACHER: How old will you be on your next birthday?
STUDENT: Nine.
TEACHER: That's impossible.
STUDENT: No, it isn't, Teacher. I'm eight today.
老师:你上次过生日时是几岁?
学生:七岁。
老师:那你下次过生日时是几岁?
学生:九岁。
老师:不可能。
学生:不,是真的。我今天八岁。
2)
TEACHER: George, go to the map and find North America.
GEORGE: Here it is!
TEACHER: Correct. Now, class, who discovered America?
CLASS: George!
老师:乔治,请你到那边在地图上找出北美洲来。
乔治:在这儿。
老师:对了。好,同学们,你们知道是谁发现美洲的吗?
全班:乔治!
3)
TEACHER: Willy, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WILLY: Me!
老师:韦利,说一样今天非常重要而在十年前还没出现的东西。
韦利:我!
4)
TEACHER: Alfred, how can one person make so many stupid mistakes in
one day?
ALFRED: I get up early.
老师:艾尔弗雷,一个人怎么能在一天中犯那么多愚蠢的错误?
艾尔弗雷:因为我起得早。
5)
TEACHER: Didn't you promise to behave?
STUDENT: Yes, Sir.
TEACHER: And didn't I promise to punish you if you didn't?
STUDENT: Yes, Sir, but since I broke my promise, I don't expect you
to keep yours.
老师:你曾答应过要守规矩的,对吧?
学生:是的,先生。
老师:我说过如果你不守规矩的话,我就会惩罚你的,对吧?
学生:是的,先生。但自从我违背了诺言后,我一直盼望您也别再遵守您的诺言。
6)
TEACHER: Tommy, why do you always get so dirty?
TOMMY: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground then you are.
老师:汤米,你为什么总把自己弄得那么脏?
汤米:嗯,我比您离地面要近得多。
7)
HAROLD: Teacher, would you punish me for something I didn't do?
TEACHER: Of course not.
HAROLD: Good, because I didn't do my homework.
哈鲁德:老师,如果我没有做什么事的话,您会惩罚我吗?
老师:当然不会。
哈鲁德:那太好了,因为我没有做作业。
8)
TEACHER: Why are you late?
WEBSTER: Because of the sign.
TEACHER: What sign?
WEBSTER: The one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow."
老师:你为什么迟到?
韦斯特:因为那个标志牌。
老师:什么标志牌?
韦斯特:那个标志牌上写着:“前方学校,慢行。”
9)
TEACHER: I hope I didn't see you looking at Don's paper.
JOHN: I hope you didn't either.
老师:我希望我没发现你在看堂的试卷。
约翰:我也希望这样。
10)
GARY: I don't think I deserve a zero on this test.
TEACHER: I agree, but it's the lowest mark I can give you.
嘉利:我想我这次测验不应该得零分。
老师:我同意你的看法,但这是我能给你打的最低分。
11)
MOTHER: Why did you get such a low mark on that test?
JUNIOR: Because of absence.
MOTHER: You mean you were absent on the day of the test?
JUNIOR: No, but the kid who sits next to me was.
母亲:为什么你这次测验得了那么低的分数?
儒尼尔:因为缺课。
母亲:你是说你考试那天缺课了吗?
儒尼尔:不,是坐在我旁边的那个同学缺课了。
12)
SILVIA: Dad, can you write in the dark?
FATHER: I think so. What do you want me to write?
SYLVIA: Your name on this report card.
西尔维亚:爸爸,你能在黑暗中写东西吗?
父亲:我想可以。你想要我写什么?
西尔维亚:在这张成绩报告上签上你的名字。
13)
TEACHER: Well, at least there's one thing I can say about your son.
FATHER: What's that?
TEACHER: With grades like these, he couldn't be cheating.
老师:嗯,关于你儿子,我至少有一件事情要和你说。
父亲:什么事情?
老师:按照他这样(差)的成绩,他应该没有作弊。
14)
TEACHER: In this box, I have a 10-foot snake.
SAMMY: You can't fool me, Teacher... snakes don't have feet.
老师:我这盒子里有一条十英尺长的蛇。
萨米:你骗不了我,老师...蛇是没有脚的。
(注:foot有两个意思:1.英尺;2.脚。)
15)
HYGIENE TEACHER: How can you prevent disease caused by biting insects?
JOSE: Don't bite any.
卫生老师:怎样才能防止病从口入?
乔斯:什么都别吃。
16)
TEACHER: Ellen, give me a sentence starting with "I".
ELLEN: I is...
TEACHER: No, Ellen. Always say, "I am."
ELLEN: All right... "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."
老师:艾伦,请用“I”开头造一个句子。
艾伦:I is...
老师:不,艾伦。应该说“I am”。
艾伦:好吧......“我是字母表中的第九个字母。”
(注,正确的句子应该是"I is the ninth letter of the alphabet." I 总跟 am 搭配吗?未必!!)
17)
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER: Are you chewing gum?
BILLY: No, I'm Billy Anderson.
代课老师:你是(在)吃口香糖吧?
比利:不,我是比利. 安德森。
18)
MOTHER: Why on earth did you swallow the money I gave you?
JUNIOR : You said it was my lunch money.
母亲:你为什么竟然把我给你的钱吞下去了?
儒尼尔:你说过这是给我的午饭钱嘛。
19)
TEACHER: If you received $10 from 10 people, what would you get?
SARAH: A new bike.
老师:如果有10个人,每人给你10美元,你将会得到多少钱?
莎拉:一辆新自行车。
(注:"what would you get?"还可理解为“你将会得到什么?”)
20)
TEACHER: If you had one dollar and you asked your father for another, how many dollars would you have?
VINCENT: One dollar.
老师:如果你已经有一美元,然后向你爸爸再要一美元,你将会有多少美元?
文森特:一美元。
21)
TEACHER(sadly): You don't know your arithmetic.
VINCENT(sadly): You don't know my father.
老师(忧伤地):你不懂算术。
文森特(忧伤地):你不懂(认识我父亲。
22)
TEACHER: If I had seven oranges in one hand and eight oranges in the
other, what would I have?
CLASS COMEDIAN: Big hands!
老师:如果我的一只手上有七个桔子,而另一只手上有八个,那么我将会有多少(什么)?
柯米丹:两只大手!
23)
BOY: Isn't the principal(校长) a dummy!
GIRL: Say, do you know who I am?
BOY: No.
GIRL: I'm the principal's daughter.
BOY: And do you know who I am?
GIRL: No.
BOY: Thank goodness!
男生:校长真是个大笨蛋!你说对吧?
女生:哎,你知道我是谁吗?
男生:不知道。
女生:我是校长的女儿。
男生:那你知道我是谁吗?
女生:不知道。
男生:谢天谢地!(快逃!)
24)
SAM: Mum, you love my little brother, but don't love me.
MUM: Why?
SAM: You bore an elder brother for him, but not for me.
萨姆:妈妈,你只爱弟弟,不爱我。
妈妈:为什么?
萨姆:你给他生了一个哥哥,却没有给我生一个。
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