輕松記住初中英語1600詞（4）7.The“Deaf”WifeAmanistalkingtothefamilydoctor.“Doctor,I

doubt

whethermy

wife'sgoingdeaf.”Thedoctoranswers,“Here’ssomethingyoucantryonherto

test

herhearing.

Stand

some

meters

away

fromherandaskhera

question.

Ifshedoesn'tanswer,move

a

little

closer

andaskagain.

Keep

repeating

thisuntilsheanswers.Thenyou'llbeabletotellifsheisdeafornot.”Themangoeshomeandbeginstotesthiswife'shearing.

Hestands

by

the

wall

andsays,“My

dear,

what'sfor

dinner?”Hedoesn'thearananswer,sohemovesclosertoher.“Mydear,what'sfordinner?”Still

noanswer.

Herepeatsthis

several

times,untilhe'sstandingjust

a

few

feet

awayfromher.Finally,

sheanswers,“Fortheeleventhtime,Isaidwe'rehaving

meat

and

rice!”【漢語翻譯】“耳聾的”妻子某人對他的家庭醫(yī)生說，“醫(yī)生，我懷疑(doubt)我妻子(wife)要聾(deaf)了?！贬t(yī)生回答說，“有個辦法可以測試(test)她的聽力。你站(stand)在離她幾米遠(yuǎn)(somemetersaway)的地方，然后問她一個問題(question)。如果她不回答，你再走近點(diǎn)(alittlecloser)，然后再問。如此重復(fù)(repeat)直到她聽到為止。那時你就可以判斷她是否聾了?！边@人回家后便開始測試他妻子的聽力。他站在墻的旁邊(bythewall)說，“親愛的(dear)，晚飯(dinner)吃什么？”他沒聽到回答，于是又朝妻子走近了些?！坝H愛的，晚飯吃什么？”仍然(still)沒有回答。他如此反復(fù)了幾次(severaltimes)．直到他離妻子只有幾英尺(afewfeet)的地方。最后(finally)，她回答道，“我都說了十一次了，我說咱們要吃肉(meat)和米飯(rice)?！?

8.WeReallyDon'tKnow(1)Jackhadgonetothe

university

tostudy

his

history,

butattheendofhissecond

term,

he

failed

his

history

exam,

andhewastoldthathewouldbedismissed

fromuniversity.

However,

his

father

decidedthathewouldgotoseethehistoryprofessor(教授)toaskhimto

let

Jack

continue

hisstudiesthenextyear.“He'sagood

boy,”said

Jack'sfather,“Please

pardon

him.Ifyoulethimpassthistime,

I'm

sure

he'll

improve

a

lot

nextyearandpasstheexaminationsattheendofit

really

well.”【漢語翻譯】我們真的不知道(1)杰克去大學(xué)(university)里學(xué)習(xí)(study)歷史(history)，但在第二學(xué)期(term)末，他的歷史考試不及格(hefailedhishistoryexam)．同時他還被告知將被開除(dismiss)。然而(however)．杰克的父親(father)決定去拜訪那位歷史學(xué)教授，請求教授讓(let)杰克繼續(xù)(continue)下一年的學(xué)業(yè)?！八莻€不錯的男孩(boy)?！苯芸说母赣H(father)說，“請原諒(pardon)他吧！如果這次您能讓他通過(pass)，我確信(I'msure)他明年一定會大有長進(jìn)(improvealot)；而且會在年終時真正地(really)很出色地通過考試?！?

8.WeReallyDon'tKnow(2)“No,no,that's

quite

impossible!”replied

theprofessor

immediately.“Doyouknow,lastmonthIaskedhimwhenNapoleon

died,

andhedidn'tknow!”“Please,sir,

give

him

another

chance”saidJack'sfather.“Yousee,

I'm

afraid

wedon'ttakeany

newspapers

inourhousesoweevendon'tknowthatNapoleonwas

illrecently.”【漢語翻譯】我們真的不知道(2)“不，不行，那是完全不可能的(quiteimpossible)?！苯淌诹⒓?immediately)回答(reply)，“您知道嗎，上個月我問他拿破侖是什么時候去世(die)的，可他居然不