2024考研英语：《经济学人》中英读译Day181

英语阅读能力依靠什么？必然是词汇的积累，但，仅仅是词汇的积累是不够了，更应该了解英语句式，不同句型所表达意义。如何培养自己的阅读语感呢？那么就跟着聚创考研网小编每天学一点英语，一起为考研筑起坚实的地基。阅读是需要积累的，就像我们需要经常和人沟通才会促进我们的表达能力一样~小伙伴跟着小编一起，每天坚持打卡，培养英语阅读能力及语感，了解文章一些经典词汇的用法。

经济学人:读者文摘:趣闻数则

My husband and his sister are notorious yakkers.They can hold court on any subject. One day, he called her.All he had to say was "Hi," and that launched her into a marathon session, going on about this, that, and the other.When she finally paused to come up for air, she had one question: "Who am I talking to?"

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我丈夫和他妹妹都是超有名的话痨，他们可以就任何问题大聊特聊。一天，他打电话给他的妹妹。他只说了一声“嗨”，就让她开始了一场马拉松式的会话，谈论着这个，谈论那个，还有其他的事情。当她终于停下来休息时，她问了一个问题：“我在和谁说话？”我们几个人正在讨论酒后驾车的危险，这时我五岁的孙女扔了两分钱。

A few of us were discussing the perils of drinking and driving when my five-year-old granddaughter threw in her two cents."I can see why it would be dangerous to drink and drive," she said."The straw could go up your nose."It always irked my single mother that her grocery store didn't carry eggs in packages of six—just by the dozen.Then one day, her wish came true.She walked into the grocery and found fresh eggs in cartons of six.

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“我明白为什么酒后驾车很危险，”她说，“吸管会进到你的鼻子里。”我的单亲妈妈总是很恼火，因为她的杂货店没有六个一包的鸡蛋。后来有一天，她的愿望实现了。她走进杂货店，发现一盒六个的新鲜鸡蛋。“我太兴奋了，”她后来告诉我们，“于是我就买了两盒！”

 

"I was so excited," she told us later, "that I bought two!"Suffering from an unsightly scaly rash, my friend Denise made an appointment with a dermatologist who happened to be very attractive.After a full examination, the doctor cocked his head and asked, "Denise, did you get your hair done?""Why, yes. Thank you for noticing," said Denise, flattered."I thought so," the doctor replied. "Be-cause your scalp looks red and irritated."

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我的朋友丹尼斯得了鳞屑疹，样子很难看，他预约了一位碰巧很有魅力的皮肤科医生。在进行全面检查之后，医生仰着头问道：“丹尼斯，你做头发了吗？”“为什么问这个，做过了。谢谢你注意到了，”丹尼斯受宠若惊地说。“我想也是，”医生回答说，“因为你的头皮发红、看起来像受了刺激。”