34-时间对我们俩来说都是金钱

Time is money for both of us

时间对我们俩来说都是金钱

Nocavities

Asmiling boy arrived home from a dental visit, "Hey mom, the dentist says Ihave no cavities."

Hismom stared at him wide-eyed and quite surprised, "It's impossible—younever brush your teeth after cleaning the chocolate box before you go tobed!"

Thenthe boy opened his mouth—he had not a tooth left!

我没有蛀牙

小男孩看完牙医，面带微笑地回到家：“嘿，妈妈，牙医说，我一颗蛀牙也没有。”

妈妈惊讶地瞪大眼睛：“不可能——你每回上床睡觉前都把巧克力吃完，而且从来不刷牙！”

这时，男孩张开了嘴巴——他的牙全被拔光了！

Afat man and a skinny man were arguing about who was the more polite.

Theskinny man said he was more polite because he always tipped his hat to ladies.But the fat man knew he was the more courteous because, whenever he got up andoffered his seat, two ladies could sit down.

一个胖男人和一个瘦男人正在为谁更有礼貌而争吵。

瘦男人说他更礼貌，因为他总是向女士脱帽致意。但是胖男人说他更礼貌，因为无论何时他起身给女士让座，总是能让两位女士都坐下。

Timeis money

Asthe taxi came to a screeching halt at a traffic light, I asked the driver,"Do you agree that 'Time is money'?"

"Well,it's a very common saying. Who will care so much about that?" the driveranswered. "Look, the digits in the meter are still running when the carhas stopped," I pointed at the meter.

"Oh,yes. You've got a point here. In this case, time is money for both of us."added the driver.

时间就是金钱

当出租车在遇到红灯急刹车时，我问司机：“你同意‘时间就是金钱’这种说法吗？”

“哦，这是一个俗语。在这个问题上，谁会在意那么多呢？”司机回答说。

“看，车都停了，里程表上的数字还在跑呢。”我指着里程表说。

“哦，是的。你说的挺有道理的。在这种情况下，时间对我们俩来说都是金钱。”司机补充说。

今日生词本

cavity[ˈkæviti] n. 洞，腔；窝

brush[brʌʃ] n. 刷子，毛刷，画笔

tip[tip] n. 顶，尖端

courteous[ˈkəːtjəs] adj. 有礼貌的，谦恭的

screech[skriːtʃ] vt. 尖声喊叫，尖叫声，急煞车声

halt[hɔːlt] n. 停止，暂停，中断

今日知识点

有关牙齿的词汇

afalse tooth 假牙

caninetooth 犬牙，犬齿

incisortooth 切牙，门齿

milktooth 乳牙，乳齿

molartooth 磨牙，臼齿

wisdomtooth 智牙，第三磨牙