2012年12月16日日曜日

「英語にハマりませんか?」No.11

わー、仕事が忙しくなって情報発信をなまけております。

忙しくても合間を見てできないことはないのですが(じゃ、やれよ!)、

役立つ情報を出したいと(どこが!)思うとどうも躊躇してしまいます。

と、紙面をかせいだところで、急場しのぎにCar Talkから2つほど小ネタを紹介します。

最初は、既婚者ジョークというやつです。

What is the most effective way to remember your wife’s birthday? 
You forget it once.

こういうの大好きです。言いやすいし。

次は本当かいなという視聴者からの投稿です。

司会者A:Here is the most distractive driving behavior reported by a listener.
“I stopped at a light.  I dared to glance in my rear view mirror.  A woman in a mini-van
behind me was vigorously brushing her teeth!  When the light changed, she opened her
window and spat! 

And when I spotted her again, she was still brushing and rolling down the window and spitting. 

The next time I looked, she was gargling.  Finally, after spitting out mouth-wash, she began -
you are ready for this? - to eat her breakfast!” 

司会者B:Oh my God, why do they allow this stuff?  They should take her license away!

司会者A:No, what the listener wants to know is why she brushed teeth before she ate
her breakfast, instead of waiting until after ……

「そこかよ!」という落ちですね。