周日英文笑话 | 姻亲

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One day, Uncle Wang and Auntie Wang drove for miles in silence after a big fight in which neither of them would budge.

Uncle Wang pointed to a mule in a pasture and asked, "Relative of yours?" 

"Yes," Auntie Wang replied. "By marriage."

【参考翻译】

一天，王叔叔和王阿姨大吵了一架，谁也不愿让步，他们默默地开车走了好几英里。

王叔叔指着牧场上的一头骡子问:“你亲戚?”

“是的，”王阿姨回答。“姻亲”。

【备注】

姻亲，是汉语词语，拼音是yīn qīn，意思是指因婚姻关系而产生的亲属。即由于结婚使男女一方与对方亲属所形成的亲属关系。

【知识点】

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budge /bʌdʒ/ v.使让步; 做让步

【解释】

If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement. 

【例句】

The Americans will not budge on this point.

这些美国人在这一点上不会让步的。

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fight可做名词动词，除了“打架”意思之外，还有“吵架”之意。

【解释】

If one person fights with another, or fights them, they have an angry disagreement or quarrel. You can also say that two people fight. 

【例句】

She was always arguing with him and fighting with him.

她总是跟他争论和吵架。

We think maybe he took off because he had a big fight with his dad the night before.

我们认为或许他离开是因为他和他父亲在前天晚上大吵了一架。

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mule/mjuːl/ n.骡子

A mule is an animal whose parents are a horse and a donkey. 

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pasture n.牧场

英/ˈpɑːstʃə/ 

美/ˈpæstʃər/

【解释】

Pasture is land with grass growing on it for farm animals to eat. 

【例句】

The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture.

牛群现在出去了，正在牧场上吃草。