学记四级单词的简单方法(5)

Telling lies is a fault in boys, an art in a lover, accomplishing in a bachelor, and second nature in a married woman.
男孩子说谎是错误，情人说谎是艺术，单身汉说谎是才艺，已婚女人说谎是第二天性。
注：我们谁都说过谎，善意的不伤害别人的谎言是可以接受的。

You guys are the smartest, most accomplished, and greatest people I’ve ever met in my whole life!
你们是我见过的最聪明，最有才艺，最伟大的人。
注：这么夸人太露骨了，不过很多人都爱听，不妨多说。Ass kissers

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According to Archimedes, what happens when a body is immersed in water?
Henry: Usually the phone rings.
根据阿基米德定律，当身体浸在水里时会发生什么事情？
Henry:通常是电话响起来。
注：人们的一种心理感觉，越担心什么，什么越容易发生。

ACCORDING TO MY CALCULATIONS[I-] THE PROBLEM DOESN'T EXIST
根据我的计算，问题不存在。
注：面对一大堆问题，你可以这么开玩笑，隐含的意思是：要不我们先忽略这些问题？

He was a good man ---- according to his epitaph.[碑文]
他是个好人——他的碑文说的。
注：一般墓碑上写的都是夸死者话，葬礼上的追悼词也都是对死者的赞誉之词，但他到底是不是好人，不是看墓碑上的文字，而是和他共过事儿的人的评判。

Account
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
要准确详尽地叙述那段历史根本用不着我这杆妙笔生花的笔。
注：意思是“杀鸡焉用宰牛刀，我是大文豪，没有时间写那些东西”。

When I arrived in Paris fourteen years ago I had only one piece of luggage. I left with 34 pieces of luggage. I still had only one pieces of luggage; my wife’s clothes accounted for the others.
十四年前我到巴黎时，只带着一个箱子，现在我离开时带着34个箱子，我自己仍然只有一个箱子，其它箱子里面都是我太太的衣服。
注：他仍然算一个成功人士，太太的满足就是丈夫的成就。

So far I haven’t heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost.
到目前为止我还没有听说过谁因为费用问题而想要停止生活。
注：在中国有一些，有因为孩子上不起学自杀的。

There’s no accounting for taste, as the women said when somebody mentioned that her son was wanted by the police.
人和人的口味是不一样的，（例如）当女人说有人告诉她警察想要（通缉）她儿子时。
注：want：想要；通缉。

BANK MANAGER. Can I be of service to you?
GROUCHO. Yes --- steal some money from one of your rich clients and credit it to my account.
银行经理：我能为您做什么吗？
GROUCHO（人名）：好的，——从你们有钱的客户那偷点儿钱，存到我的帐户里。
注：我觉得那样不太好。

The love game is never called off on account of darkness.
爱情游戏从来不会因为天黑而取消。
注：恋人经常哪黑去哪儿。