英聲細(xì)語

1. Where there is life， there is hope.

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。

例句：I know things seem bleak， but where there's life，there's hope.

我知道事情看起來毫無希望，但是留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。

2. Storms make trees take deeper roots.

風(fēng)暴使樹木深深扎根。

例句：A lot of rain will saturate the ground to a greater depth， and the roots will no doubt go down deeper to get the water， so it is real that storms make trees take deeper roots.

雨水將會滲入土地深處，毫無疑問，樹根為了吸取水分，會扎得更深。因此習(xí)語“風(fēng)暴使樹木深深扎根”是正確的。

3. If something is worth doing， it is worth doing well.

如果某件事值得做，就值得做得好

例句：Bruce never did sloppy work. He believed that if something is worth doing， it's worth doing well.

布魯斯在工作時從不草率。他認(rèn)為如果某件事值得做，就值得做得好。

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幽默可樂

A Boy with a Big Head

A boy cried to his mother， "All the children make fun of me. They say I have a big head."

"Don't listen to them，" his mother said， "you have a beautiful head. Now stop crying and go to the store to buy twenty pounds of potatoes."

"Where is the shopping bag？"

"I haven't got one， use your hat."

大頭娃娃

一個小男孩向母親哭訴道：“他們都取笑我，說我腦袋大?！?/p>

“別聽他們的，”母親安慰他，“你有一個很漂亮的腦袋。好啦，別哭了，去商店買20磅土豆來?！?/p>

“購物袋在哪兒？”

“沒購物袋了，就用你的帽子吧。”

I Want Her to Go Nuts

Mrs. Flinders decided to have her portrait painted. She told the artist， "Paint me with diamond earrings， a diamond necklace， emerald bracelets and a ruby pen-dant."

"But you're not wearing any of those things."

"I know，" said Mrs. Flinders，" It's in case I should die before my husband. I'm sure he'd remarry right a-way， and I want her to go nuts looking for the jewelry."

我要讓她瘋狂

福林德斯夫人決定讓人給她畫肖像。她告訴那位肖像畫家說：“畫我戴著鉆石耳環(huán)、鉆石項(xiàng)鏈、祖母綠手鐲，還有紅寶石吊墜的樣子?！?/p>

“但你現(xiàn)在沒戴這其中的任何一樣飾品?！?/p>

“我知道?！备Ａ值滤狗蛉苏f，“萬一我先我丈夫死去，我肯定他會立刻再婚。我要讓那個女人為尋找這些珠寶而瘋狂?！?/p>