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Mental deficiency 智力缺陷

英语笑话

Would you mind telling me, Doctor, Bob asked, "how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal? "

Nothing is easier, the doctor replied. "You ask him a simple question which everyone should answer with no trouble. If he hesitates , that puts you on the track. "

Well, What sort of question?

Well, you might ask him, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?'

Bob thought for a moment, and then said with a nervous laugh, "You wouldn't happen to have another example would you? I must confess I don't know much about history."

中文翻译

“医生，你能不能告诉我，”鲍勃问，“对于一个看上去很正常的人，你是怎样判断出他有智力缺陷的呢？”

“再没有比这容易的了，”医生回答，“问他一个简单的问题，简单到所有人都知道答案，如果他回答得不干脆，那你就知道是怎么回事了。”

“那要问什么样的问题呢？”

“嗯，你可以这样问，‘库克船长环球旅行了三次，但是在其中一次的途中他去世了，是哪一次呢？’”

鲍勃想了一会儿，紧张地回答道，“你就不能问另外一个问题吗？坦率地说，我对历史了解得不是很多。”

词汇点睛

detect [dɪˈtekt] v. 发现

mental [ˈmentl] adj. 精神的，心理的，智力的

deficiency [dɪˈfɪʃnsɪ] n. 缺乏，不足

appear [əˈpɪə(r)] v. 出现，显露

completely [kəmˈpliːtli] adv. 完全地

normal [ˈnɔːml] adj. 正常的，常态的

hesitate [ˈhezɪteɪt] v. 犹豫，踌躇

track [træk] n. 痕迹

confess [kənˈfes] v. 供认，承认

语法分析

1. You ask him a simple question which everyone should answer with no trouble. 问他一个简单的问题，简单到所有人都知道答案。

解析 　句子的主干是You ask him a simple question，which引导的定语从句修饰question。例如：The prosperity which had never appeared before took on in the countryside. 农村出现了前所未有的繁荣。

口语实践

A　Do you know who got the first place in the mid-term?

B　Of course it's Mark. He's always the ace.

A　Man, he's got a high IQ.

A　你知道这次期中考试谁得了第一吗？

B　当然是马克了，他总是最好的。

A　伙计，他的IQ很高啊。

★IQ 智商，是intelligence quotient的首字母缩写。

A　you could say that his EQ is definitely not catching up with his IQ.

B　How could that happen?

A　你应该说他的EQ肯定赶不上他的IQ。

B　那怎么可能呢？

★EQ 情商，是emotional quotient的首字母缩写。

★catch up with 赶上

A　People are keen on talking about the relations between IQ and EQ,but I only have a vague knowledge about them.

B　Yeah right. Most people think high IQ comes along with a high EQ. But it's not absolute.

A　人们都热衷于谈论IQ和EQ之间的关系，而我对它们只有模糊的认识。

B　确实，大多数人都认为高IQ总是伴随着高EQ，但这并不是绝对的。

★be keen on 热衷于

★vague [veɪg] adj. 含糊的，不明确的

★knowledge [ˈnɒlɪdʒ] n. 知道，了解

★come along with 和……一道

★absolute [ˈæbsəluːt] adj. 绝对的，完全的

A　She's the kind of person who's good at dealing with people but can't work out a simple math problem.

B　Don't give her a hard time. At least she's got a high EQ.

A　她是那种很会处理人际关系但是却连简单的数学题都做不出来的人。

B　别和她过不去了，至少她的EQ很高。

笑话文化解读

如果你在街上遇到了一个神经兮兮的人，你也许会低声叨咕“这个人IQ有问题”。但你知道“IQ”的全称吗？“I”代表intelligence，意思是“智力”（a good ability to learn and understand），“Q”代表quotient，意思是“商”。我们学习算术的时候，碰到“a number which is the result when one number is divided by another”，那么这个number就是“商数”；如果你碰到一个神童，可能就会赞叹道：He has a very high IQ.（他的智商很高。）

不知道为什么，外国人对“quotient（商数）”备加宠爱，和英语字母Q搭配的新词儿不断地粉墨登场。比如说“EQ”就是“Emotional Quotient”的缩写，emotional是指“和情绪、情感有关的”。

据说在成功的因素中，“IQ”仅占20％，而“EQ”则占到了80％。“EQ”涉及到人的character（性格）、personality（个性）、willpower（意志力）等情感上的因素。继IQ、EQ之后，又有人提出了两个CQ。一个是“创造力商数（Creation Quotient）”，创造力对人生前途的影响不亚于其他的Q。另一个是“魅力商数（Charisma Quotient）”，“charisma”意味着“超凡的魅力”（the special charm which cause a person to win the love of ordinary people）。