争做焦点 英语口语中的幽默语录

幽默的方法很多，一句话的幽默，你能辨析出来么？

1. I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes。

自从我听说“人还是死于天然原因者居多”之后，我就再也不敢拼命吃天然食品了。

2.Garden Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing aweed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant。

园艺定律：区分益草和害草的办法是，拔出来试试——如果很容易拔掉，就证明它是益草。

3. The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement。

如果放在家里的东西找不回来，最容易的办法就是去买个新的回来。

4. Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

你是否注意到，这年头，自从有了数码摄录机，就再也没人象以前那样老是说不明飞行物的事情了。(幽默的“原因”请见下方的读者评论)

5. How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

不慎的时候只要一根火柴就足以引发森林大火，而想点燃一堆篝火却需要整整一盒火柴，真纳闷。

6.Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?" 不知道是谁第一个看见母牛，就敢说：“我要使劲挤一挤那两排倒吊着的玩意儿，流出来的是啥俺就喝啥”？

7. Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt."

不知道是谁第一个看见母鸡，就敢说：“看见那只鸡没有？我就等着吃从它屁股里面滚出来的东西。”

8. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? 胶水为啥就不会粘在胶水瓶里面啊？

第二篇：英语口语：争执的焦点,争端

第一， 迷你对话

A: Why do the two brothers grow cold and often quarrel with each other?

那对兄弟感情怎么冷淡起来的？而且还总是吵架？

B: Money is the matter.

是钱的问题。

A: Why?

为什么呀？

B: Because of the division of their father’s property, it is their bone of contention.

还不是因为他们父亲财产分配的问题而引起的争端。

A: So there is no brother when they come to money.

一提到钱，兄弟就不亲了。

第二， 地道表达

bone of the contention

1. 解词释义

Bone of the contention这个习语源于够抢骨头，争斗不休。其字面意思为“争夺的骨头”，比喻为“争端的起因”或“争议点”等意思，常见用于新闻报道中。类似的习语还有have a bone to pick with sb.。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. The border has always been a bone of contention between these two countries.

这两国之间的边界问题历来是争议的焦点。

e.g. The small island has been a bone of contention between the two countries for centuries.

那小岛成为这两个国家之间的争端已达数百年之久。

第三， 词海拾贝

1. grow cold ：（关系或感情）变得冷漠

e.g. After a certain point, she grew cold, detached utterly from him.

过了某一点后，她变得冷漠无情，对他没有一丝恋眷。

e.g. As she came to understand her position, she grew stiff and cold.

当她渐渐明白自己的处境时，就变得呆滞，冷漠了。

2. quarrel with sb. ：与某人争吵

e.g. He is good-natured and has never had a quarrel with anyone.

他脾气很好,从不和任何人争吵。

e.g. For all these reasons, he decided to pick a quarrel with Miss Wackles without delay.

基于这许多理由，他决定立即向瓦克尔斯小姐寻衅。

3. because of ：因为

e.g. His later stories are not interesting because of their poverty of imagination.

他后来写的故事因为缺乏想像力而枯燥乏味。

e.g. The lives of many people have been enriched because of adult education.

许多人的生活由于受了成人教育而变得更加充实。

4. come to sth. ：谈到某事，涉及某事

e.g. When it comes to politics I know nothing.

谈到政治，我一无所知。

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