樂活 學英文 討論區

黑面

英文翻譯笑話(朋友傳來這幾則英文笑話，一則比一則好笑。)>


2home4me 發表於 2011-1-13 18:02

不過我怎麼覺得第七則的比較像是台灣人的文化(三太子, 花枝魷魚麵...)

2home4me

36# 黑面

黑面大大:
您介紹的這網站很實用，簡要的讀者來信和Jeanne Phillips (Dear Abby)言簡意賅的答覆，是非常值得學習的英文寫作技巧。
維基百科稱Jeanne Phillips為advice columnist。
我已把這網站加入我的最愛，每天讀讀。再配合BBC的most watched/most listened的聽力訓練，覺得一天很充實也很享受。

2home4me

40# Naven

Naven大大:
如果能交來自英美國家母語就是英語的朋友，會不會對學英文更有幫助？
我自己的經驗是，英文能力和打網球一樣，和比自己程度好的在一起，就愈來愈強。尤其是英文說的能力，我更有強烈的感覺，當對方講的結結巴巴時，我是更緊張更結巴。

eastern

老婆與娘家的菲傭比手畫腳+國台語+英文...
還算溝通不錯ㄝ!

2home4me

54# eastern [/b

很棒的喔，body language 加三，也是會四種語文。

2home4me

昨天看了黑面大介紹的Dear Abby, 有篇是憂心忡忡的先生的求救信。因為先生喜歡太太瘦一點，太太拼命極度減肥，讓先生驚覺已可能威脅健康，百般勸阻仍無效，只好求救。
這封信讓我重溫一些片語：to a dangerous extreme, go on a diet, put a few pounds back on, hand in that direction, be aware of , and out of control.

和重溫一些字彙厭食症anorexic (anorexia)

也想到過世的黛安娜王妃，傳聞她在和查理王子結婚後，因皇室生活的壓力，也得過暴食症(bulimia)。

anorexia 和bulimia 都是一種飲食失調症，對身心健康影響很大，嚴重者會導致死亡。

去年11月，法國名模Isabelle Caro因厭食症死亡，死時28歲，13歲起就受厭食症困擾。在2007年她拍過廣告No anorexia，她瘦骨嶙峋的巨幅廣告，讓世人看到厭食症的可怕。但這廣告和她的死亡對瘦就是美的時毫和時裝界引起的回響是什麼，就有待觀察。

貼上憂心忡忡先生的信如下：
WIFE TAKES WEIGHT LOSS TO A DANGEROUS EXTREME


DEAR ABBY: My wife went on a diet a year ago and lost a tremendous amount of weight. The problem now is she won't quit. Every time I suggest she stop and put a few pounds back on, she gets angry and won't speak to me.
My wife isn't anorexic, but I have a feeling she may be headed in that direction. She has no health concerns that either of us is aware of, and when I say anything she just says, "You wanted me thin, so now I'm thin!"
Please tell me what I should do before her dieting gets out of control and becomes a serious threat to her health. -- DISTRAUGHT HUSBAND OF A VERY THIN WIFE

黑面

56# 2home4me

喜歡Dear Abby是因為它很生活化, 即使有些單字,片語或句型不是很了解, 基本上對整篇文章還是可以抓得到重點. (記得小學時, 最喜歡的就是閱讀測驗.)

以下這篇很搞笑.

    Dear Abby,

    I have been engaged for almost a year. I am to be married next month. My fiancée’s mother is not only very attractive but really great and understanding. She is putting the entire wedding together and invited me to her place to go over the invitation list because it had grown a bit beyond what we had expected it to be. When I got to her place we reviewed the list and trimmed it down to just under a hundred...then she floored me.

    She said that in a month I would be a married man and that before that happened, she wanted to have sex with me. Then she just stood up and walked to her bedroom and on her way said that I knew where the front door was if I wanted to leave. I stood there for about five minutes and finally decided that I knew exactly how to deal with this situation. I headed straight out the front door. There, leaning against my car was her husband, my father-in-law to be.

    He was smiling. He explained that they just wanted to be sure I was a good kid and would be true to their little girl. I shook his hand and he congratulated me on passing their little test. Abby, should I tell my fiancée what her parents did, and that I thought their "little test" was asinine and insulting to my character? Or should I keep the whole thing to myself including the fact that the reason I was walking out to my car was to get a condom?

    Signed,

    Confused

黑面

57#

這篇搞笑的Dear Abby, 相信很多人都看過它的翻譯版.

Abby怎麼回答, 翻譯版倒是沒有. Abby的回答在此.

2home4me

兩星期前歐洲下大雪
媒體一再呼籲don't do unnecessary travelling
這個travelling指的不是郊遊旅行
而是不須出門就不要出門
因為很多大街小巷都沒有灑salt and grit
出門不只增加交通負荷量，也可能滑倒跌斷骨頭

雪融後出門丟垃圾巧遇鄰居， 她也剛好出來丟垃圾
隔著矮牆，她好像災後重生說We survive snow.
我回說It is really awful. 再哈拉兩句你好我好(Are you keeping well? Yes, and you?) ，各自回屋裡去。

大雪後，兒子鋼琴老師第一次來上課(他在下雪期間得了肺炎)
一見面也是要你好我好互相問候，我最主要問候他肺炎痊癒進度
還有聖誕和新年假期過得如何
他對假期情形回說It was the worst one and I like to forget it.

也是雪融後，郵差送郵包給隔壁鄰居
鄰居養的大狗隔著緊閉的門吠叫，但沒人應門
郵差來按我家電鈴，請我代收
大狗仍兇猛地吠叫著
我笑著說The dog can take your parcel.
郵差回說Yes, the dog can take me as well.  Look the size how big it is.

常常在想如何把樂活學英文這一帖做得生動活潑一點
學語文本就須下苦功
多背一個單字多學一個片語就是多一個
點點滴滴累積就是積少成多
但枯燥無味的文字
總是讓人無法持久而打退堂鼓
希望這些英文的生活點滴，為這一帖加點顏色

2home4me

57# 黑面
讀讀這信，總覺得不像是真正發生的
還是文化差異太大了？