The Evils Of Alcohol
酒精的可怕
A father was trying to teach his son the evils of alcohol.
一位父親打算讓自己的兒子知道酒精有多么可怕。
He put one worm in a glass of water and another worm in a glass of whiskey. The worm in the water lived, while the one in the whiskey curled up and died.
他把分別把兩只蟲子放到一杯清水和一杯威士忌里做對比。清水里蟲子安然無恙,結果威士忌里的蟲子蜷縮了幾下就掛掉了。
"All right, son," asked the father, "What does that show you?"
"所以,兒子啊,"父親問道,"得出什么結論?"
"Well, Dad, it shows that if you drink alcohol, you will not have worms."
"恩,這說明,你只要喝酒的話,肚里就不會長蟲了!
1.the evils of
evil表示罪惡的意思,作為名詞是可數的,文章中the evils of表示…的罪惡。
eg:Lu Xun exposed the evil of the old society in his works. 魯迅在他的作品中揭露了舊社會的罪惡。
2.alcohol
n.乙醇,酒精;含酒精的飲料
eg:I never touch alcohol in any form. 我滴酒不沾。
3.curled up
shape one's body into a curl,卷起; 感到惡心; 卷起,撅起(嘴唇等); 倒下;
如:
1. The pages of the dictionary had curled up from constant use.
字典的書頁由于經常使用都卷起來了。
2. My father's bad jokes always make me curl up .
父親那些要不得的玩笑總是讓我很難為情。