英语沙龙

英声细语

1. Where there is life， there is hope.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

例句：I know things seem bleak， but where there's life，there's hope.

我知道事情看起来毫无希望，但是留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

2. Storms make trees take deeper roots.

风暴使树木深深扎根。

例句：A lot of rain will saturate the ground to a greater depth， and the roots will no doubt go down deeper to get the water， so it is real that storms make trees take deeper roots.

雨水将会渗入土地深处，毫无疑问，树根为了吸取水分，会扎得更深。因此习语“风暴使树木深深扎根”是正确的。

3. If something is worth doing， it is worth doing well.

如果某件事值得做，就值得做得好

例句：Bruce never did sloppy work. He believed that if something is worth doing， it's worth doing well.

布鲁斯在工作时从不草率。他认为如果某件事值得做，就值得做得好。

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幽默可乐

A Boy with a Big Head

A boy cried to his mother， "All the children make fun of me. They say I have a big head."

"Don't listen to them，" his mother said， "you have a beautiful head. Now stop crying and go to the store to buy twenty pounds of potatoes."

"Where is the shopping bag？"

"I haven't got one， use your hat."

大头娃娃

一个小男孩向母亲哭诉道：“他们都取笑我，说我脑袋大。”

“别听他们的，”母亲安慰他，“你有一个很漂亮的脑袋。好啦，别哭了，去商店买20磅土豆来。”

“购物袋在哪儿？”

“没购物袋了，就用你的帽子吧。”

I Want Her to Go Nuts

Mrs. Flinders decided to have her portrait painted. She told the artist， "Paint me with diamond earrings， a diamond necklace， emerald bracelets and a ruby pen-dant."

"But you're not wearing any of those things."

"I know，" said Mrs. Flinders，" It's in case I should die before my husband. I'm sure he'd remarry right a-way， and I want her to go nuts looking for the jewelry."

我要讓她疯狂

福林德斯夫人决定让人给她画肖像。她告诉那位肖像画家说：“画我戴着钻石耳环、钻石项链、祖母绿手镯，还有红宝石吊坠的样子。”

“但你现在没戴这其中的任何一样饰品。”

“我知道。”福林德斯夫人说，“万一我先我丈夫死去，我肯定他会立刻再婚。我要让那个女人为寻找这些珠宝而疯狂。”