看笑话学英语:Why do women talk more than men? 为什么女人比男人话多？
Why do women talk more than men? 为什么女人比男人话多？
英语笑话
A husband, proving to his wife that women talk more than men, showed her a study which indicated that men use on average only 15,000 words a day, whereas women use 30,000 words a day.
She thought about this for a while and then told her husband that women use twice as many words as men because they have to repeat everything they say. He said, "What?"
中文翻译
丈夫给妻子看了一项调查结果，为了向她证明女人比男人啰嗦。研究表明男人平均每天使用15000个字，而女人每天使用30000个。
妻子想了一会儿说，女人每天说的字数是男人的两倍，因为她们必须重复已经说过的话。他问：“什么？”
词汇点睛
prove [pruːv] v. 证明，证实
indicate [ˈɪndɪkeɪt] v. 指示，指出
on average 平均
repeat [rɪˈpiːt] v. 重复
语法分析
1. A husband, proving to his wife that women talk more than men, showed her a study which indicated that men use on average only 15,000 words a day, whereas women use 30,000 words a day. 丈夫给妻子看了一项调查结果，为了向她证明女人比男人啰嗦。研究表明男人平均每天使用15000个字，而女人每天使用30000个。
解析 这句话比较长，句子的主干是A husband showed her a study。proving to his wife that women talk more than men在句中是作状语，which引导的从句作定语修饰a study，在这个定语从句中又包含一个that引导的宾语从句，作indicated的宾语。
2. She thought about this for a while and then told her husband that women use twice as many words as men because they have to repeat everything they say. 妻子想了一会儿说，女人每天说的字数是男人的两倍，因为她们必须重复已经说过的话。
解析 本句话有两个语法点。首先这是一个because引导的原因状语从句。其次要注意倍数的用法，twice as many words as men这是“倍数＋as＋计量形容词原级＋as”的结构。例如：
This tree is three times as tall as that one. 这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。
His father is twice as old as he. 他父亲的年纪有他两倍大。
口语实践
A What's that? What are you doing? What is that? What are you doing?
B Don't nag me! I'm not going to put up with this!
A 那是什么？你在做什么？那是什么？你在干嘛？
B 别在我面前唠叨！我再也受不了啦！
★nag [næg] v. 唠叨，烦扰
★put up with 容忍，忍受
A Do you think we quarrel too much?
B Yes! It seems that's how we communicate!
A 你觉得咱们吵架是不是吵太多了？
B 是啊！看起来这就是我们交流的方式！
★quarrel [ˈkwɒrəl] v. 争吵
★communicate [kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt] v. 交流
A We should stop being so picky.
B I agree! We tend to quarrel over some of the smallest things!
A 我们应该不要再这么挑剔。
B 我同意！我们总是在小事上吵架！
★picky [ˈpɪkɪ] adj. 挑剔的
★tend [tend] v. 倾向，趋向
笑话文化解读
对许多男人而言，这可真是个恼人的千古奇案，似乎也是自己痛苦的主要来源，有一份调查显示，男人讨厌女人做的事情当中，排名第一的就是“啰嗦唠叨”。研究发现，女人一天说的话可以是男人的两倍，所以这么看来，女人的确比男人更爱唠叨。而被男人视为唠叨的动作，其实包括不同的内容：
（1）重复命令：女人对男人发号施令得不到响应，就会不断地重复要求（是要求，而非请求）。
（2）关心提醒：即使是出于善意的提醒，只要不是男人想听的，也算唠叨：“你今天吃药了吗？”或者：“今天降温，别忘了多穿衣服。”
（3）称赞他人：有时女人表达的是对别人言行的欣赏，但如果男人觉得女人话中有话，这分明就是唠叨。
（4）分享心事：最让女人感到委屈的恐怕就是这一种了，忙了一天好不容易两个人见到面，跟你说说心理的想法，才表示咱俩亲密如昔。但男人下了班就想放空，安安静静地看个报纸就心满意足，此时女人如果抒发千言万语，就真是太不识相了。
对女人来说，这些可是内容功用截然不同的沟通形式，但到了男人耳里，却通通变成同一种定义：“啰唆唠叨”。女人该理解的是，基本上只要让男人心烦的沟通方式，就算是唠叨。这也解释了为何男人认为女人无时无刻都爱唠叨，而女人却只会承认自己“偶尔”会唠叨的差异。
