英语幽默小故事带翻译:Universal sign 国际手势(中英双语)
34.Universal sign
34.国际手势
After driving up and down several lanes,I finally found a parking spot at the shopping mall. I noticed another man driving very slowly in the same direction, and, since he was closer,I gave him the "Are you going to park there?" look.His responding gestures were very complicated. First he shook his head. Next he pointed at me,then at the parking space and then at himself , his watch and the mall. Finishing off, he frowned,raised his palms upward and shrugged.
为了找个停车位,我在好几条街上开来开去,最后终于在一大商场旁发现一个。可是我却看到另一辆车慢慢地也在朝这个车位靠近。当我看到那位司机,他也看到我时,我用眼神问他:“要停在那儿吗?”他用手势回答得很复杂。开始他摇了摇头,然后他指指我,又指指那车位,又指指他自己,指指他的表和商店。最后他冲我皱了皱眉,两手向上,耸了耸肩.
Once I parked,I walked over to the driver to make sure he didn't want the space. "You must be single,"he replied."If you were rnarried,you would have known that was the universal sign for 'Go ahead and take the spot. I'm waiting for my wife.''
我还是停了车,并走到那个司机前想弄清他到底需要不需要停在那儿。“喂,你一定还是个光棍儿吧.”他说:“要是你结了婚,你就会明白我那国际通用的手势是“去吧,占那
个车位,我在等我老婆。”
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