英語(yǔ)笑話:政治家的大腦

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transplant移植，perform進(jìn)行

【笑話原文】

A Brain Transplant

The Brain Surgeon was about to perform a brain transplant. “You have your choice of two brains,” he told the patient, “For $1000 you can have the brain of a psychologist, or for $10,000 you can have the brain of a politician.”

The patient was amazed at the huge difference in price. “Is the brain of a politician that much better?” He asked.

The Brain Surgeon replied, “No, it’s not better, just unused.”

【中文譯文】

政治家的大腦

一個(gè)外科醫(yī)生正要作一個(gè)腦移植手術(shù)。

你可以從兩個(gè)腦子中選一個(gè)給你。醫(yī)生告訴病人，一個(gè)心理學(xué)家的大腦1000美元，一個(gè)政治家的大腦10000美元。

病人很驚訝二者之間這樣大的差別，政治家的大腦好一些嗎?他問(wèn)。

醫(yī)生說(shuō)：不是好一些，只是沒(méi)有用過(guò)。

【詞匯講解】

1.transplant移植。也可以指“遷移”： A group of farmers were transplanted to the island by the government.一批農(nóng)民被政府遷到這個(gè)島上居住。

2.surgeon外科醫(yī)生。內(nèi)科醫(yī)生是internist。

3.perform進(jìn)行。也有“執(zhí)行”的意思： He always performs his duties faithfully.他一貫忠實(shí)地履行自己的職責(zé)。

4.politician政客。 You need to be a bit of a politician to succeed.

你要獲得成功, 就需要有一點(diǎn)政客的手腕。

5.amaze 使驚奇。Your knowledge amazes me.你豐富的知識(shí)令我吃驚。

6.unused沒(méi)用過(guò)的。也有“不習(xí)慣的”的意思：He had grown unused to this sort of attention.他已經(jīng)開(kāi)始不習(xí)慣這樣的關(guān)注。