英語笑話
A woman walks up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch.
I couldn't help noticing how happy you look, she says, "What's your secret for a long, happy life?"
I smoke three packs a day, drink a case of whiskey a week, eat fatty foods and never, everexercise.
Wow, that's amazing, says the woman. "How old are you?"
Twenty-six.
中文翻譯
一位女士走向坐在門廊的椅子上搖動的小老頭。
“我無意中發(fā)現(xiàn),你是多么幸福,”那女士說,“你幸福長壽的秘密是什么?”
“我每天抽三包煙,每周喝一箱威士忌,吃高脂肪食品,而且從來不曾鍛煉?!?/p>
“哦,真神奇,”女士說,“你多大年紀了?”
“二十六歲?!?/p>
詞匯點睛
rock [r?k] v. 搖,搖動
porch [p??t?] n. 門廊
whiskey [?w?ski] n. 威士忌酒
fatty [?f?t?] adj. 脂肪多的
口語實踐
A We all know that the more you smoke, the more you feel the need to smoke.
B Yes, exactly.
A 我們都知道吸得越多,煙癮越大。
B 是的,確實是這樣。
A Why don't you stop smoking?
B I have tried several times, but it is really difficult.
A 你為什么不戒煙呢?
B 我試過好幾次了,但是真的很難。
A Did you have to stop smoking?
B Yes,I want to lead a healthier life.
A 你一定得戒煙嗎?
B 是的,我想擁有一種健康的生活方式。
A Most of us didn't know that smoking was bad for our health and for the health of people who were around smokers.
B But why do you continue smoking after you know smoking is bad for our health?
A 我們當中的大部分人都不知道吸煙有害自己的健康,也有害于我們身邊的人的健康。
B 但是在你知道吸煙有害健康以后為什么還要吸呢?
笑話文化解讀
美國全國研究委員會25日發(fā)布報告說,美國人人均壽命世界排名靠后,“罪魁禍首”是抽煙人數(shù)多。根據(jù)這份報告,眼下大約20%美國人是煙民,不過,上世紀60年代,這一數(shù)字為40%。
“50年前,美國煙民比歐洲和日本更多……造成的后果依然沒有消失?!?/p>
全國研究委員會健康專家認為,除了吸煙,肥胖、不良飲食習慣、缺乏鍛煉等導致美國人均壽命較低。這些專家認為,就人均保健花費而言,美國人高居全世界第一,但人均壽命排名卻低得可憐,主要原因是吸煙。
根據(jù)聯(lián)合國公布的數(shù)據(jù),日本人均壽命大約83歲,居世界第一位。美國人均壽命78.3歲,居第36位,排在歐洲和韓國、智利、古巴等國家之后。