英汉双语笑话习题簿11.3.27
你要带著你上膛的枪出门吗?
此枪非彼枪。大家应该知道我指的是什么样的 "枪", 这句也是我去看Something about Mary这部电影时学到的。使用时机就是有些男人出去跟女人约会， 满脑子想的就是如何跟她上床， 你要糗糗他， 就可以这么说 Do you go out with your gun loaded? She probably will get hurt。
2. She is a big gossip。
她是八卦夫人。
Gossip指的就是八卦新闻， 但它也可以拿来形容一个人很八卦。所以She is a big gossip就是说她是个八卦夫人。或是你也可以说， She is gossipy。中文里讲的广播电台在美国倒是不常见，反而是有另一种说说 She is an information bureau (她是情报局) 也蛮有趣的。
3. If the boys stare at you, they have guts to suckyourteeth!
如果男生盯著你看， 他们就有胆亲你。
这是我看电视Full House学来的， 是二个姐妹的对话， 这句话有三个地方我觉的很棒， 第一个是stare at you, 就是指盯著人家看的意思， have guts 就是说有胆子的意思， (这是一个巧合， 中文英文说有胆子都是说有勇气的意思!)而最后一个 suck your teeth 则是指亲嘴的意思， 很有趣， 但是像这种句子是小孩子说的， 难登大雅之堂。
亲嘴还有另外一个口语的用法： smooch 例如 I didn't smooch that girl last night。我昨晚没亲那个女孩。
4. She is vertically challenged
她向她的身高挑战
这样的说法就是说人家很矮的意思， 但是是比较婉转 (political correctness) 的说法。什么什么challenged 就是说有某方面的障碍， 如mentally challenged就是说心智障碍， 也就是低能儿的意思。
关于这个political correctness老美也常用， 不过中文并没有适当相对应的翻法。所谓的 political correctness就是说为了不得罪某一族群的人， 而在用辞上加以修饰， 让它听来不会歧视某一族群。例如 chairman这个字，可能会得罪某些女性主义者， 所以就发明了chairperson这个字。这样子的转变， 就可以算是 political correctness。练习：
你知道Where can I dump these white elephants?是什么意思么？答案：
这些无用的垃圾我要丢到哪里?
比如说家中的286计算机用之无味， 弃之可惜， 放在那里一摆就是好几年，这种垃圾就叫whiteel ephant。只是这样的说法真的很少见， 连老美都不一定知道 white elephant 是什么意思。不过有些人还是会这么用，我曾听一个老美他说， The fountain is a white elephant. 意思是，这个喷水池真是废物。
有些老美会在自家的庭院前办所谓的garage sale, 就是把一些家里很少用到的东西拿出来卖。有些人的告示上会写White elephant sale。如果你不知道whte elephant指的是无用之物的话， 你可能会觉得蛮奇怪的，为什么有人在卖白大象呢?
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