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英文小知识 笑话 1 别逗我A three-year old boy put his shoes on by himself. His mother noticed the left was on the right foot. She said, Son, your shoes are on the wrong feet. He looked up at her with a raised brow and said, Dont kid me, Mom, I know theyre my feet.有一个三岁的小男孩自己穿上了鞋。她妈妈看到了他左脚的鞋穿到了右脚上，就说儿子你把鞋子穿错脚了。他扬起眉，抬头看着她说：妈，别逗我，我知道是我的脚。 笑话 2 Laurie: Our dog is lost!Steve: Oh, no! Youd better put an ad in the paper.Laurie: What for? He cant read!劳瑞：我们的狗丢了！史帝夫：哦，糟糕！你最好在报上登则广告。劳瑞：那有什么用，他又不识字！ 笑话 3Son: Dad, will you please tell Mum my dream?Father: How can I? You havent told me about it yet.Son: But you were in my dream. You should know it.儿子：爸爸请把我的梦告诉我妈好吗？父亲：你还没有把你的梦告诉我，我怎么告诉她呢？儿子：但是你就在我梦里你应该自己到的。 英文中的红色 a red letter day 喜庆日子To paint the town red 狂欢The red carpet 隆重欢迎running a business in the red 经营亏损to become red faced/ her face turned red 尴尬害羞see red 非常生气wave a red flag 激怒某人red meat 泛指牛羊肉Reds under the bed 左翼分子 英文中的白色a white lie 善意的谎言 a white Christmas 下雪的圣诞节a white-collar job 白领a white hope 被寄予厚望的人a white night 不眠之夜 a white elephant 无用的东西the white feather 象征懦弱，认输 英文中的黑色a black day 倒霉的一天a black spot 不详的，晦气的地方a black sheep 害群之马a black mood 心情不好a black comedy 悲喜剧a black look 脸色难看in the black 盈利in black and white 白纸黑字，黑白分明英文中的蓝色in the blue mood 心情不好a blue fit 极为不满a blue film 色情电影blue blood 贵族血统blue ribbon 比赛中的冠军 英文中的绿色green-eyed 嫉妒，相当于中文的红眼病greenhorn 新手，没有经验的greengrocer 蔬菜水果批发商greenhouse/green fingers 具有优秀园丁的天赋a green old age 年老但精神矍铄green light 路灯，后门 英文中的委婉语Euphemisms are pleasant, polite or harmless sounding words or expressions used to mask harsh ，rude or infamous truths. 委婉语 英文 中文elderly people/senior citizen old 年老plain looking ugly 丑Heavy fat 胖Slender skinny 瘦Physically handicapped crippled 残疾Hard of hearing deaf 耳聋Involuntarily leisured unemployed 失业Funeral director/mortician undertaker 殡仪员Landscape architect gardener 园林工人Sanitary engineer plumber 管子工Beautician hair dresser 理发师Sanitation engineer garbage