刚出国的时候,海螺的英语很烂,又不得不说,于是就闹出了不少笑话。
有一天,海螺想去商店买一盏台灯,就在街上拦住一个人问:
Excuse me. Where I can find a story?
那个路人被问得一愣一楞的,想了半天反问道:
What kind of story?
海螺搜肠刮肚地想台灯应该在哪种商店里卖,终于回答道:
Department story.
路人心想,长篇小说?于是答道:
Oh, you want to buy some books.
海螺说:No, not book. I want to buy a lamp.
路人恍然大悟:Oh, a store! A department store!
有一个星期一,海螺照例去办公室。同室的当地人问,周末去哪里玩了吗?海螺答道:
I went to the bitch.
同室错愕:What?!
Yes, I saw the sea, so beautiful.
同室哈哈大笑,半天止不住。后来海螺才知道原来他去的是海滩beach,不是找坏女人了。
到了午餐时分,大家聚到了餐室。一个人随口问海螺,what is for lunch today?
海螺说:一个薄荷。
薄荷?A kind of Chinese food?
海螺从冰箱里拿出一个汉堡包,冲着他晃了晃。
同室恍然大悟:Oh, a burger. A hamburger.
海螺说对,又抱怨道:
I spend so much moneys on vegetable.
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