No Cavities 我没有蛀牙
A smiling boy arrived home from a dental visit,"Hey mom,the dentist says I have no cavities. "
小男孩儿看完牙医,面带微笑地回到家:“嘿,妈妈,牙医说,我一颗蛀牙也没有。”
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!
妈妈惊讶地瞪大眼睛:“不可能——你每回上床睡觉前都把巧克力盒子里的糖一下子吃完,而且从来不刷牙!”
Then the boy opened his mouth --he had not a tooth left!
这时,男孩儿张开了嘴巴——他的牙全被拔光了。
1.dental
dental在这里作形容词表示牙科的,做名词表示齿音。
而牙医则是dentist,这种词尾变ist,由牙科的意义转化为牙医。
类似的还有science,scientist,科学的—科学家。
2.wild-eyed
wild表示宽阔的,在这里是指眼睛睁得很大。
而wild的反义词则是narrow,狭窄的。
eg:You think my scope was too narrow?
你认为我的视野太窄了?
3.brush your teeth
tooth表示牙齿,复数形式变o为e,同类型的还有goose,geese。
eg:I brush my teeth everyday:
我每天刷牙