Ass
When I please my boss, I am ass-kissing.
When my boss pleases his boss, he is co-operating.
當(dāng)我取悅我的老板時(shí),我在拍馬屁;
當(dāng)我的老板取悅他的老板時(shí),他是在合作。
注:當(dāng)你想說某人愛拍馬屁時(shí),你可以藝術(shù)地說"你真善于和領(lǐng)導(dǎo)合作"。
Assassination
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship[新聞檢查]
暗殺是新聞檢查的極端形式。
注:如果某個(gè)報(bào)紙對(duì)新聞檢查不管不顧,就派人把報(bào)紙老板殺掉。
Assimilate
We are Microsoft. Resistance Is Futile[沒用的] You Will Be Assimilated.
我們是微軟,抵抗無濟(jì)于事,你們將被消化吸收。
注:模仿微軟說話的口氣,微軟對(duì)很多小的軟件公司不是兼并,就是消滅。
Astronaut
Student:I enrolled at this college to learn how to be an astronaut.
Professor: hummm. I thought you came here to take up space.
學(xué)生:我上這所學(xué)校是來學(xué)習(xí)怎樣成為一名宇航員。
教授:我還以為你來這是占空間來了。
注:教授的意思是這個(gè)學(xué)生除了占地方外,一無是處。
When does a boxer[拳擊手] look like an astronaut?
When he sees stars.
拳擊手什么時(shí)候象宇航員?
眼冒金星時(shí)。
Auction
Firefighter: Hey, Chief! There's a 1959 pumper truck being auctioned today. Let's buy it.
Fire chief: What in the world would we do with an old, broken-down fire truck?
Firefighter: Well, we could use it for false alarms!
消防隊(duì)員:嘿,頭兒,今天有一輛1959年的消防卡車要拍賣,我們買了吧。
隊(duì)長:一輛老破消防卡車有什么用?
消防隊(duì)員:誤報(bào)火警時(shí)我們用。
Autobiography
Janie: Mom, how old is our car?
Mom: About five years old, honey.
Janie: And what kind is it?
Mom: A station wagon. Why all the questions about the car?
Janie: My teacher told us to write our autobiography.
Janie:媽媽,我們家的汽車幾年了?
媽媽:大約5年里,寶貝。
JanieL:什么牌子?
媽媽:旅行車(?)為什么老問汽車?
Janie:老師要我們寫汽車傳記(自傳)。
Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future, has one reached the age to write an autobiography.
只有當(dāng)一個(gè)人完全失去了對(duì)將來的興趣,他就到了寫傳記的年齡了。
注:所以最好不要忙著寫傳記。
Avail
There are few sorrows, however poignant[刻骨銘心], in which a good income is of no avail.
不管多么刻骨銘心的悲傷,很少有收入增加后不減輕的。
注:如果鄰居被車撞得很重,你得了50萬賠償,你還會(huì)那么悲傷嗎?
Nicola: I've proposed to four different men without avail.
Nicholas: Next time, try wearing a veil.
Nicola:我向四個(gè)不同的男人求過婚都沒有成功。
Nicholas:下次,試著戴上面紗。
注:Without avail: 徒勞;Avail 與 a veil(面紗)
Awe
I thought I'd start things off with the "shock and awe" phase of the operation.
我認(rèn)為我們?cè)撻_始"震懾行動(dòng)"。
注:美國攻打阿富汗取名"震懾行動(dòng)"。如果不分場合亂用"震懾行動(dòng)"就有點(diǎn)兒好玩兒了。
Axis
Oh my God, the entire axis of boring is in there.
上帝啊,無聊中心在這兒!
注:模仿布什提出的邪惡中心: axis of vice
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