Black English
黑人英语
The black couple already had eight children, and Lula May was pregnant with her ninth. Finally she convinced her husband to get a vasectomy.
一对黑人夫妇已有八个小孩,而鲁拉·梅又怀了第九个小孩,最后她说服了她先生去做男性绝育手术。
On the morning of the operation, she was surprised to see her husband putting on a tuxedo and getting into a limousine for the short ride to the hospital.
手术的早晨,她惊讶地看见她老公穿着礼服,乘坐一辆礼车到不远的医院去。
"Say, honey, what's all this about?" asked Lula May.
"亲爱的,这是怎么一回事啊?鲁拉·梅问道。"
"Baby, if you gonna be important, you gotta look important.
"宝贝,如果你想当名大人物的话,就要让人一看就知道你很重要!"
重点讲解
1.pregnant with 怀孕
例句:Just be prepared for people to ask if you are pregnant with this behavior.
只不过要准备好别人问你,这么做是不是怀孕了。
2. get a vasectomy 做绝育手术
例句:Ask for the kid to be named after you, write her a check for 18 years of child support, and get a vasectomy.
真诚地请求让这个孩子跟你姓,给她写张支票支付孩子未来18年的抚养费,然后去做结扎绝育手术。
3.putting on 穿上
例句:But here, as we saw in week zero with the shoe example putting on socks, I have to increment this variable explicitly myself.
但是这里,像我们上周看到的,鞋子穿在袜子上,我需要亲自明确地增加这个变量。
4.get into 进入
例句:All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.
我们这些做创意工作的,因为品味不凡得以进入这个行业。