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吹牛boasting[英]['bəʊstɪŋ] [美]['boʊstɪŋ] 中英文小故事：吹牛 英国人认为美国人爱自吹自擂。这似乎有些道理。因为美国是一个到处都有宏伟建筑的大国，这让美国人以为豪。 有一次，一个美国男孩作为交流学生拜访一所英国学校。一个叫汤姆的英国男孩接待了他。汤姆带他四处观赏伦敦的美景。 “那是白金汉宫，”汤姆指着一所建筑说，“那是女王住的地方，花了3年建成的。” “那没什么。”美国男孩说，“美国总统住的白宫比这更大，但只用了两年就建成了。” 后来，两个男孩来到一个大教堂外。 “那是伦敦最重要的教堂，”汤姆说，“叫威斯敏斯特教堂，用了10年才建成。” 美国男孩说：“可美国的圣帕特里克大教堂比这个教堂大多了，而且只用了9年时间就建成了啊。” 汤姆又向他的美国朋友介绍了宏伟的威斯敏斯特银行大厦。“那个大厦用4年的时间就建成了。”他说。 美国男孩大笑起来，“我们的华尔街上有很多比它高得多的摩天大楼，”他说，“但它们只用两年的时间就建起来了。” 最后，他们到了著名的塔桥，正有一艘轮船通过敞开的桥底。 美国男孩终于被这一幕吸引住了。 “那是什么？”他问。 汤姆这次决定报复一下。 “我不知道啊，”他说，“今天早晨我路过的时候它还没有呢。” Boasting The British think that Americans are boastful. There is perhaps some truth in this because America is a big country full of big things and Americans are proud of them. On one occasion an American boy visited an English school as an exchange student. He was looked after by Tom，one of the English boys at the school. Tom took him around London and showed him the sights. “That’s Buckingham Palace,”he said，pointing to the building. “It’s where the Queen lives and it took three years to build. ” “That’s nothing,”the American boy said. “The White House，where the president lives，is bigger than that and took only two years to build. ” Later the two boys stood outside a large church. “That’s the most important church in London,”Tom said. “Westminster Abbey. It took ten years to build. ” The American boy said, “But St. Patrick’s Cathedral in America, which is much grander than that，took only nine years to build. ” Next, Tom showed his American friend the huge Westminster Bank Tower. “That took four years build,”he said. The American boy laughed. “We’ve got lots of skyscrapers on Wall Street much higher than that,”he said! “And they were built in half that time. ” Finally, they came to the famous Tower Bridge, was being opened to let a ship through. The American boy was at last impressed. “What’s that?” he demanded. Tom decided to get his revenge. “I don t know,”he said. “It wasn't there when I this way this morning. ” 中英文例句 Witnesses said Furci boasted that he took part in killing them... 几位证人声称富尔奇曾吹嘘自己参与了对他们的屠杀。 Carol boasted about her costume... 卡萝尔炫耀着自己的穿着打扮。 He's boasted of being involved in the arms theft... 他吹嘘自己参与过盗窃军火的行动。 We remember our mother's stern instructions not to boast. 我们谨记母亲不许我们在人前炫耀的严厉教诲。 |
