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地道英语:简直是个玩笑

发布时间:2016-02-29  编辑:查字典英语网小编

  Its a joke

  简直是个玩笑

  Helen: 欢迎收听 BBC 地道英语节目, 我是 Helen, 可是我的搭档 Neil 看起来非常无奈。 Neil, what are you doing to that mobile phone?

  Neil: Argh, I cant get it to make a phone call. It does everything else: it takes photos, it connects to the internet, it even irons shirts but it wont make a call!

  Helen: Your mobile irons your shirts?

  Neil: No, not really, but honestly it does everything apart from the one thing I want it to do make a phone call. Its a joke!

  Helen: A joke? 一个玩笑。 But youre not laughing. It cant be a very funny joke.可是我看不到你脸上有任何笑容,这个玩笑肯定不好笑。

  Neil: Well if you saysomething is a joke in English it can also mean that its not very good or not worthy of respect .

  Helen: 当我们说某件事情是一个玩笑时,实际是想表达这件事处理非常不当。请听以下几个例子。

  The investigation into police corruption was a complete joke. Everyone knows the officers were taking money but they were let off.

  The weather forecast was a total joke. It said it would be warm and sunny but its freezing and raining.

  Helen: 就象我们刚才听到的,有人形容对警察贪污案件的调查就是一个 joke. 这并不是说这件事情很好笑,实际意思是没人在彻底调查,根本就不起作用。另外天气预报根本就不准,所以被形容为 a joke.

  Neil: Notice that you can add words before joke to make the meaning even stronger.

  Helen: 我们可以在 joke 这个单词的前面加其他的词来加重语气。

  Neil: Its a complete joke.

  Helen: A complete joke. 简直不可思议的玩笑。

  Neil: Its a total joke.

  Helen: A total joke. 意思一样,完全是个玩笑。

  Neil: Its an absolute joke.

  Helen: 和刚才的几个一样,an absolute joke. Anyway Neil, why dont you just read the instructions for your new mobile phone? Then youll probably be able to work out how to make a call. 看看用户手册,我想你就能知道怎么打电话了。

  Neil: I looked at the instructions but theyre an absolute joke.

  Helen: Oh really?

  Neil: Well for a start they are in about 17 languages apart from English.

  Helen: What a joke!

  Neil: Yeah I know.

  Helen: 我们今天听到了不少的玩笑,但是没有什么笑声。

  Neil: Argh, what a useless piece of

  Helen: 希望 Neil 能搞清楚怎么用他的手机。

  Neil: Argh, this is beyond a joke, it really is

  

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