No Cavities 我沒有蛀牙
A smiling boy arrived home from a dental visit,"Hey mom,the dentist says I have no cavities. "
小男孩兒看完牙醫(yī),面帶微笑地回到家:“嘿,媽媽,牙醫(yī)說,我一顆蛀牙也沒有?!?/p>
His mom stared at him wide-eyed and quite surprised,"It’s impossible --you never brush your teeth after cleaning the chocolate box before you go to bed!
媽媽驚訝地瞪大眼睛:“不可能——你每回上床睡覺前都把巧克力盒子里的糖一下子吃完,而且從來不刷牙!”
Then the boy opened his mouth --he had not a tooth left!
這時,男孩兒張開了嘴巴——他的牙全被拔光了。
1.dental
dental在這里作形容詞表示牙科的,做名詞表示齒音。
而牙醫(yī)則是dentist,這種詞尾變ist,由牙科的意義轉(zhuǎn)化為牙醫(yī)。
類似的還有science,scientist,科學(xué)的—科學(xué)家。
2.wild-eyed
wild表示寬闊的,在這里是指眼睛睜得很大。
而wild的反義詞則是narrow,狹窄的。
eg:You think my scope was too narrow?
你認(rèn)為我的視野太窄了?
3.brush your teeth
tooth表示牙齒,復(fù)數(shù)形式變o為e,同類型的還有g(shù)oose,geese。
eg:I brush my teeth everyday:
我每天刷牙