我们有一门考试是要跟导师面对面坐下交谈的。因为平时上课时我提问比较多,暗自感觉她应该蛮喜欢我。而且我接触到的美国人普遍给人感觉都是挺容易相处的, 所以即使是老师,大家面对面时也能像朋友般。考试的时候,我也想借此营造一种轻松和平等的对话氛围。记得我当时被问及的题目是“你如何看待嘉年华这种形式”。我习惯性地脱口而出:“You know, I haven’t had any carnival before, but…”
正当我准备口若悬河炫耀自己的英语口语时,只见对方面无表情地瞪了我一眼,毫不客气地打断说“I don’t know。”突然间我尴尬得无地自容。更难堪的是,老师还紧接着用质疑的口吻补充道:“Really?You don’t have any carnival before?”那表情仿佛在告诉我,“你从没经历过嘉年华?怎么来回答这个问题?怎么发表你的见解?”
我就知道接下去的对话没可能简单进行了,更别提想得高分了……
提示:You know是一个非正式的表达,所以不合适用于这样的正式场合,也最好不要跟导师这么说。
Can I have another one?
留学地:英国
有次跟英国同学一起去一家餐馆,那里主菜是可以续的。因此一群人兴致勃勃一起前去。主菜分量小,吃一份确实还没饱。我当即想要续一份,于是举着手对服务员 叫唤:“Can I have another one?服务员连忙跑过来惊恐地看看我,再看看我的盘子,问我:“Is there any problem, sir?”我回答:“No, I just want to have another one。”一边说一边还心里犯嘀咕,英国佬也挺抠门的嘛,明明说好能续的,怎么一谈到续餐还要大惊小怪问有什么问题。
对面的同学见状,立马微笑着对服务员解释道:“Just one more,please。”服务员这才跑开去,但仿佛还心有疙瘩。等服务员再端上来一份后,人家还念念不 忘问我是否对主菜有任何问题,我忙不迭地说“没问题,没问题……”接下去的餐只敢埋头闷吃,极为不好意思。
A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur(恐龙) bones lying about.
How old are these bones? the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide.
Exactly one hundred million and three years old.
How can you be so sure? inquired the tourist.
Well, replied the guide, a geologist(地质学家) came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago.
一位游客在新墨西哥游览,他对随处可见的恐龙化石甚感惊奇。
这些化石有多长的'历史?游客问一个上了年纪的当地美国人,他是作向导的。
整整十亿零三年了。
你怎么这么肯定?游客问道。
哦,向导回答道,一个地质学家来过这儿,他告诉我说这些化石有十亿年了,再加上那是整整三年前的事了。
英语笑话段子【2】
Do You Know My Work 你知道我是干嘛的吗
One night a hotel caught fire, and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes.
Two men stood outside and looked at the fire.
Before I came out, said one, I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don't think of money when they're afraid. When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find. No one will be poorer because I took them.
You don't know my work, said the other.
What is your work?
I'm a policeman.
Oh! cried the first man. He thought quickly and said, and do you know my work? No, said the policeman.
I'm a writer. I'm always telling stories about things that never happened.
We attended the wedding of an acquaintance's son. Because we did not know the young man or his bride, we decided to send them a practical household gift, a fire extinguisher.Apparently, the couple mass-produced their thank-you notes because we received a card saying: Thank you very much for the nice wedding gift. We look forward to using it soon.