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第38章 Garfield's Words

加菲猫语录精选

◎Money is not everything. There's Master Card & Visa.

钞票不是万能的,有时还需要信用卡。

◎One should love animals. They are so tasty.

每个人都应该热爱动物,因为它们很好吃。

◎Save water. Shower with your girlfriend.

要节约用水,尽量和女友一起洗澡。

◎Love the neighbor. But don't get caught.

要用心去爱你的邻居,不过不要让她的老公知道。

◎Behind every successful man,there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man,there are two.

每个成功男人的背后,都有一个女人。每个不成功男人的背后,都有两个。

◎Every man should marry. After all,happiness is not the only thing in life.

每个人都应该结婚。毕竟,快乐不是生命中唯一要追寻的东西。

◎The wise never marry,and when they marry they become otherwise.

聪明人都不结婚,结婚的人很难再聪明起来。

◎Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.

成功是一个相关名词,他会给你带来很多不相关的亲戚 (联系)。

◎Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today.

不要等明天交不上差再找借口,今天就要找好。

◎Love is photogenic. It needs darkness to develop.

爱情就象照片,需要大量的暗房时间来培养。

◎Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children.

后排座位上的小孩会生出意外,后排座位上的意外会生出小孩。

◎Your future depends on your dreams. So go to sleep.

现在的梦想决定着你的将来,所以还是再睡一会吧。

◎There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.

应该有更好的方式开始新一天,而不是千篇一律的在每个上午都醒来。

◎Hard work never killed anybody. But why take the risk?

努力工作不会累死人! 不过干吗要冒险证明呢?

◎Work fascinates me. I can look at it for hours!

工作好有意思哦! 尤其是看着别人工作。

◎God made relatives;Thank God we can choose our friends.

神决定了谁是你的亲戚,幸运的是在选择朋友方面他给你留了余地。

◎When two's company,three's the result!

两人作伴,三人为家!

◎A dress is like a barbed fence. It protects the premises without restricting the view.

服饰就象铁丝网,它阻止你冒然行动但并不妨碍你尽情的观看。

◎The more you learn,the more you know,the more you know,and the more you forget. The more you forget,the less you know. So why bother to learn?

学的越多,知道的越多,知道的越多,忘记的越多,忘记的越多,知道的越少,为什么学来着?

单词&词组

tasty [5teisti] adj.好吃的,可口的

shower [5FauE] n.阵雨,淋浴

get caught 陷入

photogenic [7fEutEu5dVenik] n.适于拍照的;上照的

take the risk 冒险

fascinate [5fAsineit] vt.使着迷,使神魂颠倒

barb [bB:b] n.鱼钩,vt.装倒钩于

premise [5premis] vt.前提

restrict [ris5trikt] vt.限制,约束

知道不知道

《加菲猫》(Garfield)是一部美国连载漫画系列,由吉姆·戴维斯创作。加菲是一只橙色的、爱说风凉话、贪睡午觉、牛饮咖啡、大嚼千层面、见蜘蛛就扁、见邮差就穷追猛打的自信胖猫。他的名字取自吉姆·戴维斯的祖父詹姆斯·加菲尔·戴维斯(James Garfield Davis)。吉姆·戴维斯是这样评价他的:“大家爱加菲猫是因为它说出来的话与做出来的事人们也想说,也想做,却办不到。” 加菲猫的现实原型是异国短毛猫中的红虎斑异短。