电话英语:幽默的电话留言 31
<p>以下几则特别的<span word="Answer">Answer</span>体现了美国人的幽默,你能体会出其幽默所在吗?</p><p>1) <span word="My">My</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="cant">cant</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="now">now</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="youll">youll</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="number">number</span>, <span word="well">well</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="finished">finished</span>.</p><p>2) <span word="Hi">Hi</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="John">John</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="company">company</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>, <span word="please">please</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="money">money</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="aid">aid</span> <span word="institution">institution</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="didnt">didnt</span> <span word="lend">lend</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="money">money</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="friends">friends</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="owe">owe</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="money">money</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="female">female</span>, <span word="dont">dont</span> <span word="worry">worry</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="plenty">plenty</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="money">money</span>.</p><p>3) <span word="Hi">Hi</span>, <span word="Im">Im</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="answering">answering</span> <span word="machine">machine</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="talk">talk</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="instead">instead</span>. <span word="Wait">Wait</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beep">beep</span>(<span word="beep">beep</span>:主人的<span word="Answer">Answer</span>讲完以后,<span word="Answer">Answer</span> <span word="Machine">Machine</span>会发出一声<span word="beep">beep</span>,这时候来电话者就可以开始留言了。).</p><p>4) <span word="Hi">Hi</span>! <span word="Johns">Johns</span> <span word="answering">answering</span> <span word="machine">machine</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="broken">broken</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="refrigerator">refrigerator</span>. <span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="speak">speak</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Ill">Ill</span> <span word="stick">stick</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="myself">myself</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="magnets">magnets</span>(磁铁). 注:通常情况下,来电话者面对录音讲话都不太自然,所以语言往往很急促,三句两句话就完了。这可苦坏了接听留言的主人,听多少遍都听不清留言者到底是谁,讲了些什么。对于母语非英文的人,这种感觉会更深。所以,以下这两段幽默干脆就首先告诉电话拨入者,我的<span word="Answer">Answer</span> <span word="Machine">Machine</span>不好使,你且慢慢来。</p><p>5) <span word="Hello">Hello</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="Sallys">Sallys</span> <span word="microwave">microwave</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="answering">answering</span> <span word="machine">machine</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="eloped">eloped</span>(私奔)<span word="with">with</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="tape">tape</span> <span word="deck">deck</span>(磁带驱动器), <span word="so">so</span> <span word="Im">Im</span> <span word="stuck">stuck</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="calls">calls</span>. <span word="Say">Say</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="cooked">cooked</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="message">message</span>, <span word="just">just</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phone">phone</span>.</p>
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