看笑话学英语:I had forgotten who it was 我忘了那人是谁

I had forgotten who it was 我忘了那人是谁

英语笑话

A society youth writes ironically to the young lady in the case: "Dear Miss Smith, perhaps you remember I proposed to you last night, and I do not now recall whether you said yes, or no."

Dear George, I remember I said 'no' to someone last night, but I had forgotten who it was.

中文翻译

一个社交界的青年给一位年轻女士挖苦地写道：“亲爱的史密斯小姐，您也许记得我昨晚向您求婚，但我现在记不起您到底是答应了还是没有答应。”

“亲爱的乔治，我记得昨晚是对一个人说了‘不’，但忘了那人是谁了。

词汇点睛

ironically [aɪəˈrɒnɪkli] adv. 嘲讽地，挖苦地

propose [prəˈpəʊz] v. 求婚

口语实践

A　I want to buy a gift for my father. Will you go with me to choose one for him?

B　Sure. But why do you want to buy a gift for him? Is today his birthday?

A　How could you forget Father's Day?

A　我想给我爸爸买个礼物，你陪我去给他挑一个好吗？

B　好啊，可为什么要给他买礼物呢？今天是他的生日吗？

A　你怎么能把父亲节给忘了呢？

★go with sb. 陪同某人，和某人一起去

★Father's Day 父亲节（每年的六月第三个星期日）

A　You're a little forgetful lately.

B　All this study for my dissertation is doing my head in. I'm always forgetting my keys and even to switch off lights.

A　你最近有点健忘啊。

B　学位论文的研究让我烦死了。我现在总忘记带钥匙，甚至还总忘记关灯。

★dissertation [ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃn] n. 学位论文

★switch off 关掉，切断

A　Where is she? Did she forget we were meeting up tonight?

B　She couldn't have.

A　她在哪儿？她不会把我们晚上见面的事给忘了吧？

B　她不会忘的。

A　I forget where I left my keys.

B　You really suffer from forgetfulness.

A　我忘记把钥匙放在哪里了。

B　你真有健忘的毛病。

★suffer from 遭受

★forgetfulness [fəˈgetfəlnəs] n. 健忘