赖世雄读英语笑话学英语之可以说给妈妈听的笑话(1)：许个愿吧！(双语)
Unit 1 Make a Wish 许个愿吧！
Every morning on his way to work, a businessman passed a house where he saw a woman beating her boy on the head with a loaf of bread. But on this particular day, he noticed that she was hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake.
每天早晨一位商人在上班途中都会经过一户人家，他总是看见一个女人用一条面包打她儿子的头部。但今天却比较特别，他发现她正用一块巧克力蛋糕打他的头。
Unable to restrain his curiosity, he rang the doorbell and the woman answered.
他忍不住好奇，便按了那户人家的门铃。女人听了铃声，出来开门。
“Madam, I couldn’t help but notice that every day you beat your child with a loaf of bread...”
“这位太太，每天经过这里我都忍不住会注意到你用一条面包打你儿子……”
“That’s true...”
“那倒是不假……”
“And yet today I observed that you were hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake.”
“可是今天我却看见你用一块巧克力蛋糕打他。”
“Well, today’s his birthday.”
“今天是他生日嘛。”
英语知识点解说：
1.on one's way to work 在某人上班途中
on one's way to school 在某人上学途中
on one's way home 在某人回家途中
例：John's the only guy I know who stops for a beer on his way to work.
（约翰是我所知唯一在上班途中会停下来喝啤酒的老兄。）
2.beat sb on the head 打某人的头部
3.loaf n. 一条（面包）& vi.游手好闲
loaf 指的是一整条的面包，如土司、长条法国面包，但两条以上要用复数形 loaves。
例：Stop loafing around, get down to work.
（别再混了，快工作去。）
4.particular特别的
例：Is there a particular reason (why) you want to join the army?
（你想当军人有什么特别的理由吗？）
5.restrain vt. 抑制；约束
restrain xb from V-ing 禁止某人做……
=prevent(hinder, ban, stop) sb from V-ing
=forbid sb to V
例：Grace couldn't restrain herself from blurting out the secret.
（葛丽丝无法守住任何秘密。）
Mom forbids me to stay out for the night.
（妈妈禁止我在外头过夜。）
6.cannot help but V 由不得…… ；忍 不 住……
=cannot help V-ing
=cannot resist V-ing
=cannot but V
例：I couldn't help crying when I heard the sad story.
（听到这悲伤的故事时，我忍不住哭了。）
You cannot help but feel sorry for a guy who loses his best friend and his wife on the same day—especially when they've run off together.
（要是某位老兄同时失去最要好的朋友和老婆，特别是他们一起私奔的情况，更令人不得不替他难过。）
7.observe vt. 观 察；遵 守；庆 祝
observation n. 观察（力）
observance n. 遵守
in observance of... 遵守……
例：Observe whatever he's doing.
（观察他所做的每一件事。）
Keep the enemy under close observation, Major!
（密切监视敌军，少校！）
We should do things in observance of the law.
（我们做事均应守法。）
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