英語(yǔ)笑話:Excuse for Being Late 遲到的借口

An elementary school teacher asked a student why he was late.

He replied, "A nearby sign said 'School ahead, slow down，go slow,' so that's what I did."

Notes:

1. An elementary school teacher asked a student why he was late.

一個(gè)小學(xué)老師問(wèn)一個(gè)學(xué)生為什么遲到。

表示“做什么事遲到”，可以直接在late的后面加動(dòng)名詞，如：I was very late getting home yesterday.我咋天很晚回家。也可以加上for，再加名詞，如He was late for meeting. 他開(kāi)會(huì)遲到了。

elementary [?el??mentri] adj.初等的 elementary school 小學(xué)

2. He replied, "A nearby sign said 'School ahead, slow down，go slow,' so that's what I did."

他回答說(shuō)：“附近有一個(gè)標(biāo)志寫(xiě)著：‘前有學(xué)校，減速，慢行。’所以我就照做了。”

句中第一個(gè)slow是動(dòng)同，表示“減速”，他后面的down是副閡，表示“減弱”;第二個(gè)slow是副詞，表示“緩慢地”, slow放在動(dòng)作動(dòng)詞后面當(dāng)副同，是口語(yǔ)用法。

在美國(guó).當(dāng)你看到黃色菱形標(biāo)志上面寫(xiě)著SCHOOL CROSSING,或是黃色長(zhǎng)方形標(biāo)志.上面有一個(gè)奔跑的孩子，上方寫(xiě)著SLOW.表示你將進(jìn)人學(xué)校區(qū)。在美國(guó)的學(xué)校區(qū)內(nèi)違規(guī)，駕駛執(zhí)照可能會(huì)被吊銷(xiāo)。

sign [sa?n] n.標(biāo)志