关于生活的26个事实

关于生活的26个事实

http://www.sina.com.cn 2003年09月17日13:35 青年参考

1.The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the numberofhelicopters init. 　　一部电影的恶劣程度和它里面的直升飞机的数量成正比。　　2.You will never find anybody who can give you a clear reasonwhywe treat our body as the enemy. We hateit, always keepithungry… 　　你无论如何也找不到这样的人,他能给你解释清楚为什么我们像对敌人那样对待自己的身体——我们恨它,总是饿着它…… 　　3.People who feel the need to tell you that they have anexcellentsense of humor are telling you that they have no sense ofhumor. 　　那些认为有必要告诉你他们很有幽默感的人其实正在告诉你,他们根本没有一丁点儿幽默感。　　4.The most valuable n performed by the federal governmentisentertainment. 　　联邦政府最有意义的功能就是娱乐。　　5.You should never say anything to a woman that evenremotelysuggests you think she＇s pregnant. 　　你一定不要对一位女士说,你知道她怀孕了,即使是暗示也不行。　　6. A penny saved is worthless. 　　省下一分钱是毫无意义的。　　7.Men are very confident people. My husband is so confidentthatwhen he watches sports on television, he thinks that he canhelphis team. If the team is in trouble, he coaches the playersfromour living room, and if they＇re really in trouble, I have togetoff the phone in case they call him. 　　男人们非常自信。我丈夫在看体育比赛节目时就非常自信。他认为他能帮助参赛的运动员。如果他们遇到了麻烦,他就在我们家的起居室里指导他们。如果他们真的有麻烦了,我就必须立即放下电话,因为那些队员可能会打电话向他求助。　　8.The most powerful force in the universe is gossip. 　　宇宙中最强有力的就是闲话。　　9.The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless ofage,gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, isthat,deep down inside, we all believe that we are valued thanotherorganisms. 　　能把不同年龄、性别、宗教、经济地位、种族背景的所有人团结起来的,就是我们都深深相信,我们人类比其它生物都尊贵。　　10.There comes a time when you should stop expecting otherpeopleto make a big deal about your birthday. That time isage11. 　　当那个时刻到来时,你就不应该再期望其他人会在你生日时送你很多礼物,那个时刻就是你年满11岁。　　11.There is a very fine line between″hobby″ and″mentalillness.″ 　　“爱好”和“精神病”之间的区别并不明显。　　12.People who want to share their religious views with youalmostnever want you to share yours with them. 　　那些和你分享他们的宗教观点的人几乎从没想过分享你的宗教观点。　　13.There apparently exists, somewhere in Los Angeles, acomputerthat generates concepts for television sitcoms. Whendirectors needa new concept, they turn on this computer； aftersorting throughmillions of possible choices, it spits out a conceptand thedirectors turn this conceptsintosa show. We need to locatethiscomputer and destroy it with hammers. 　　显然,在洛杉矶的某个地方,有这样一台计算机,它为电视连续剧制造概念。当导演们需要一个新概念时,他们就会启动这台计算机。在数百万个可能的选择中搜索后,它会吐出某个概念,导演们就会把这个概念放进电视剧里。我们要做的就是找到这台计算机,并用锤子把它打烂。　　14.Nobody is normal. 　　没有人是正常的。　　15. At least once per year, somesgroupsof scientists willbecomevery excited and announce that The universe is even biggerthanthey thought！ T here are even more subatomic particles thantheythought！ Whatever they announced last year about global warmingiswrong. 　　至少每年一次,某些科学家的组织会变得非常兴奋,并宣布：　　宇宙甚至比他们原来想象的大！　　确实存在一些比原子更小的粒子,这超乎他们的想象！　　他们去年宣布的关于全球变暖的一切都是错的。　　16. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why thehumanrace has not achieved, and never will achieve, that wordwouldbe″meetings″. 　　如果你必须用一个词来解释,人类一直没有进化,并且永远不会进化的原因,那个词就是“会议”。　　17.The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests istoannoy people who are not in them. 　　几乎所有有组织的抗议活动的主要成就都是,使没有参加抗议的人烦恼。　　18.The value of advertising is that it tells you theexactopposite of what the advertiser actually thinks. Forexample：If theadvertisement says″This is not your father＇s Oldmobile″, theadvertiser is desperately concerned that this Oldmobile, like allother Old mobiles, appeals primarily to old personlike yourfather. If Coke and Pepsi spend billions of dollars toconvince youthat there are significant differences between thesetwo products,both companies realize that Pepsi and Coke arevirtuallyidentical.If the advertisement strongly suggests thatNike shoes enableathletes to perform amazing feats, Nike wants youto disregard thefact that shoe brand is unrelated to athleticability. If Budweiserruns an elaborate advertising campaignstressing the criticalimportance of a beer＇s″born－on″ date,Budweiser knows this factorhas virtually nothing to do with howgood a beer tastes. 　　广告的价值在于,它告诉了你与广告发布者实际所想的完全相反的事。例如：　　如果广告上说“这不是你爸爸的老爷车”,这意味着,广告发布者失望地意识到,正像其它老式汽车一样,这种老式汽车能吸引的主要是像你爸爸那样的老年人。　　如果可口可乐和百事可乐花费数十亿美元,以使你相信,这两种产品有着很大区别,那么,这两个公司已经认识到,百事可乐和可口可乐在本质上是相同的。　　如果广告在强烈暗示,耐克鞋可以使运动员完成令人惊异的技巧,耐克实际上希望你忘记这样一个事实———鞋的品牌和运动能力无关。　　假如百威发布了精心制作的系列广告,强调啤酒诞生日期的重要性,那么百威肯定知道,这和啤酒的味道好坏毫无关系。　　19. If there really is a God who created the entire universe,andHe decides to deliver a message to humanity, He will not use,asHis messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle. 　　如果真的存在一位创造了整个宇宙的上帝,如果他决定给人类送个信,他肯定不会让一个发型难看的有线电视上的人当他的信使。　　20.You should not confuse your career with your life. 　　你不应该把你的职业和生活混为一谈。　　21. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is notanice person. 　　对你彬彬有礼但对侍者粗鲁无礼的人不是个好人。　　22. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to takeittoo seriously. 　　不论发生了什么,一定有人能找到一种方法把它无限夸大。　　23.When trouble arises and things look bad, there is alwaysoneindividual who perceives a solution and is willing to takecommand.Very often, that individual is crazy. 　　当危机出现,事情看起来很糟时,总会有个人知道解决的办法并愿意发号施令。通常,这个人是个疯狂的人。　　24.Your friends love you anyway. 　　无论如何,你的朋友们爱你。　　25.Nobody cares if you can＇t dance well. Just get upanddance. 　　没有人在意你的舞跳得好不好。起来跳吧！　　26.What is the difference between a single 40 －year －old womananda single 40－year－old man？ The single 40 －year －old womanthinksoften ofshavingschildren and the single40－year－old man thinksoftenabout dating. 　　一个40岁的单身女人和一个40岁的单身男人有什么区别？40岁的单身女人经常想要孩子,而40岁的单身男人常常想着约会。　　（编译：张丹珊）（2001）