初中英语课件英汉对照小幽默

　 英汉对照小幽默

　1. Half or Five Tenths?

　Teacher: Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths?

　Gerald: I'd much rather have the half.

　Teacher: Think carefully, and tell me why.

　Gerald: Because you lose too much juice when you cut the orange into five tenths.

　半个还是十分之五

　老师：你愿意要半个柑橘，还是十分之五个柑橘？

　杰拉得：我宁可要半个。

　老师：仔细想想，说出理由来。

　杰拉得：因为你如果把柑橘切成十分之五，那柑橘汁就损失太多了。

　 2. The plural Form of "Child"

　Teacher: What is the plural of man, Tom?

　Tom: Men.

　Teacher: Good. And the plural of child?

　Tom: Twins.

　"孩子"的复数形式

　老师：汤姆，‘男人’这个词的复数形式是什么？

　汤姆：男人们。

　老师：答得好。那‘孩子’的复数形式呢？

　汤姆：双胞胎。

　 3. Essay

　 Teacher had set his class an essay in "A Game of Cricket". After two minutes Simon Steel handed his paper in and was allowed to go home. His essay read: "Rain stopped play."

　作文

　 老师给学生出了个作文题：“一场板球赛”。两分钟后，西蒙。斯蒂尔交了作文，老师允许他回家了。他在作文上写道：“下雨，比赛终止。”

　4. When Do People Talk Least?

　Student A: When do people talk least?

　Student B: In February.

　Student A: Why?

　Student B: Because February is the shortest month of a year.

　人们什么时候说话最少？

　学生甲：人们在什么时候说话最少？

　学生乙：在二月。

　学生甲：为什么呢？

　学生乙：因为二月是一年中最短的一个月。

　 5. All Except the Music

　 A keen young teacher wanted to introduce her class to the glories of classical music, so she arranged an outing to an afternoon concert. To make the occasion even more memorable, she treated everyone to lemonade, cake, chocs and ices. Just as the party was getting back into their coach, she said to little Sally, "Have you enjoyed yourself today?"

　 "Oh, yes, miss!" said Sally, "It was lovely. All except the music, that is."

　除了音乐

　 一位热心的年轻教师想让她的学生多了解一点优秀的古典音乐，就安排了一天下午去听音乐会。为了使这次活动能给大家留下更深的印象，她请大家喝柠檬汽水、吃点心、巧克力和冰淇淋。在大家回来上汽车的时候，她问小萨莉：“你今天玩得好吗？”

　 “噢，好极了，小姐，” 萨莉说，“除了音乐其它都很好。”Who Discovered Australia?

　6. Teacher: Find Australia on the map for me, Johnny.

　Johnny: It's there, sir.

　Teacher: That's right. Now Sammy, who discovered Australia?

　Sammy: Johnny, sir.

　谁发现了澳大利亚？

　老师：约翰尼，在地图上给我找出澳大利亚在什么地方。

　约翰尼：先生，在这儿。

　老师：对了。萨默，你来回答我是谁发现了澳大利亚？

　萨默：先生，是约翰尼。