大連翻譯公司雙語分享優(yōu)秀文章：西式幽默

時間：2021-03-24

西式幽默
Western Humour

馮驥才
Feng Jicai

學院請來一位洋教師，長得挺怪，紅臉，金發(fā)，連鬢大胡須，有幾根胡子一直逾過面頰，挨近鼻子，他個子足有二米，每迸屋門必須低頭，才能躲過門框子的攔擊，叫人誤以為他進門先鞠躬，這不太講究禮貌了嗎？
Our institute employed an English teacher. He looked very strange red-faced, golden-haired, with a thick growth of whiskers that reached all the way to the nose. He was really tall– no less than six foot five. When he came in through the door, he had to lower his head to avoid banging against the door frame. It looked as though he always bowed to you at the door and that was much too polite.
**怪的是，他每每與中國學生聊天，聊到可笑之處時，他不笑，臉上也沒表情，好象他不喜歡玩笑；可是有時毫不可笑的事，他會冷不防放聲大笑，笑得翻江倒海，仰面朝天，幾平連人帶椅子要翻過去，喉結(jié)在脖子上亂跳，滿臉胡子直抖。常使中國學生面面相覷，不知這位洋教師的神經(jīng)是不是有點問題？
What was more, he never laughed, when he chatted with his Chinese students on amusing stories, nor did his face show any expression as if he knew no sense of humour. However, when it came to topics of the most dull nature, he would burst into uncontrollable laughter, roaring while rocking in his chair, almost falling flat on his back, his Adam’s apple dancing up and down in his throat and his whiskers fluttering all over his face. The students would then look at each other, wondering if he was in his right mind.
一天，洋教師出題，考察學生們用洋文作文的水準，題目較簡單，隨便議論議論校園內(nèi)的一事一物，褒貶皆可。中國學生很靈，一揮而就，洋教師閱后。評出了較佳作文一篇，學生們聽后大為不解，這種通篇說謊的文章怎么能被評為“較佳”？
One day he set the students an essay to see how well they could write in English, the topic being A Comment on Life on the Campus-it her complimentary or critical. That was simple. And his students, quick at writing, finished it at one go and turned it in no time. He went through the papers and picked one that he thought the best. When he read it out to the students, they were greatly perplexed. Of all the comments, why did he like this one best, Not a single word of it was true.
原來這篇作文是寫學校食堂。寫作文的學生來自郊區(qū)農(nóng)村，人很老實，膽子又小, 生伯得罪校方，妨礙將來畢業(yè)時的分數(shù)、評語、分配工作等等，便不顧真假，胡編亂造，竭力美化，唱贊歌。使得一些學生看后慣慣然。可是……洋教師明知學校食堂糟糕透**的狀況，為什么偏要選這篇作文？有人直問洋教師。
It was about the campus cafeteria and the author was a peaceable and timid guy from a village near the town. In order not to offend the school authorities — a decisive factor: concerning his final grading, evaluation and, above; all, where he was to go after graduation — he had made up a high-sounding story in praise of the cafeteria regardless of reality, thus making his ClaSS- mates very angry. The teacher was as well aware of the cafeteria’s terrible conditions, but why should this piece in particular have appealed to him so much, Someone asked.
洋教師說：“這文章寫得當然好，而且絕妙無比。你們聽一一”他拿起作文念起來，“我們學校較美的地方，不是教室，不是操場，也不是校門口那個帶噴水的小花壇，而是食堂。瞧，玻璃干凈得幾乎叫你看不到它的存在——?！毖蠼處熌畹竭@兒，眼睛調(diào)皮地一亮，眉毛一挑，“聽聽，多么幽默！”
“This is undoubtedly a good one,” the teacher insisted. “Unprecedentedly good! Just listen –” He began to read. “‘The most beautiful spot on campus is not the Classrooms, nor the sports ground, nor the small lawn with a fountain at the school gate; it is our cafeteria. Look! The windows are so clean , that you scarcely notice any glass on them’ –” “He paused, his eyes flashing with a glint of humour and his brows shooting upward. “Listen! Isn’t it humorous?”
幽默？怎么會是幽默大家還沒弄明白。
Humorous? But what was humorous about it? The students were hard put to it.
洋教師接著念道：“如果你不小心在學校食堂跌了一跤，你會驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)你并沒跌跤，因為你身上半點塵上也沒留下；如果你長期在學校食堂里工作，恐怕你會把蒼蠅是什么樣子都忘了……”洋教師又停住，舌頭“得”地彈一聲，做一個怪臉說，“聽呀，還要多幽默，我簡直笑得念不下去了?！?
“If you were not careful enough,’” the teacher read on, ‘”and had a fall on the floor, you would be amazed to find that you had not fallen at all because you did not get a single particle of dust on your clothes. If you had worked in the cafeteria long enough, you would have forgotten what a fly looks like … ” He paused again, his tongue clicking admiration. Working up a very funny expression on his face, he went on, “Listen, please! Could anyone else have made it more humorous?” He laughed so hard that he could scarcely continue.
學生們忽然明白了什么。
By now the students seemed to be cottoning on.
洋教師一邊笑，一邊繼續(xù)往下念：“食堂天天的飯菜有多么精美、多么豐富、多么解饞！只有在學校食堂里，你才會感到吃飯是一種地道的享受……”
The teacher went on his reading punctuated by fits of laughter .”How wonderfully is the food cooked here! What a great variety of dishes you have here and how well your appetite is satisfied! In fact it is only at the cafeteria of the institute that you eating enjoyable….”
忽然，學生們爆發(fā)起大笑來！
Suddenly the students laughed, rocking the classroom with their laughter.
依照這種思維，大連翻譯公司小編會從身邊發(fā)現(xiàn)多少聰明、機智、絕妙、令人捧腹的好文章啊！
Following this logic, God knows how many articles we would be able to produce, articles that are just as well-worded, quick-witted, artfully-conceived and set you rolling with laughter!

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