骄傲的老爸

Unit 4 A Proud Father 骄傲的老爸

The concerned father was puzzled because his son’s grades had been dropping steadily while he was at college, so he called the dean to find out what was wrong.

一位关心儿子的老爸对于念大学的儿子成绩每况愈下一直想不懂，因此他拜访了学院的院长，想了解究竟问题在哪里。

“Well, sir,” relied the dean, who always tried to be diplomatic, “I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that your son’s become the most flagrant homosexual on campus, and spends all his time chasing after the lads on the football and basketball teams.”

说话总是讲求圆滑的院长回答说：“先生，我有好消息和坏消息要告诉你。坏消息是令郎乃是闻名校内的同性恋者，他成天只知道追求足球队和篮球队的男孩子。”

“My God, that’s horrible!”

“我的老天爷，太可怕了!”

“But the good news is he’s just been elected Queen of the Homecoming Parade!”

“但好消息是他刚被选为欢迎球队返校游行的皇后!”

英语知识点解说：

1.concerned a. 关切的

be concerned about... 对……感到关切

例：I'm concerned about my son's academic performance.

(我很关心儿子的学业成绩。)

2.puzzle n. 困惑;谜题 vt. 使困惑;迷惑

例：Doing jigsaw puzzles is a waste of time.

(玩拼图游戏会浪费时间。)

Your attitude puzzles me, how can you be angry at getting second prize?

(你的态度让我觉得迷惑，得了第二名为什么你还会生气?)

3.grade n. 成绩(恒用复数 );分数;等级;& vi. 年级打分数;分级

例：In which grade are you?

(你上几年级了?)

Meat is graded according to quality.

(肉类是以品质来分级的。)

4.steadily ad. 不断地

steady a. 稳定的;持续的

例："Drop your guns,