你绝对想不到number1和Number2还有这个意思能力不足
首先我们来看一下以下这一则Dad Jokes
“I go to toilet for two reasons. 我去洗手间有2个原因 ”
“Number 1 and Number 2. 第一和第二 ”
单纯翻译成中文是不是绞尽脑汁都想不明白,去厕所的原因怎么是第一和第二呢?到底这第一和第二指的是什么呢?但如果你是English Native Speaker(英语母语者), 你就会很快恍然大悟, 并且如以下评论般laugh out loud(笑出很大声)
究竟这则笑话的笑点在哪里呢?这里就要涉及到美国一个特殊的文化,据说从18世纪开始,美国人就开始把number 1当做“上小便”的一种委婉的书法,Number 2就是“上大便”的一种委婉说法, 这种说法一代一代往下传,所以基本每个美国人都从小受上一辈的影响,会用数字1和数字2隐晦地来说大小便,也就是:
话梅瓜子
Number 1= Pee (小便)
Number 2 = Poo (大便)
那为什么第一代表小便,第二代表大便呢?以下有几个可能原因和理论依据,
1. 来源于课堂
“In the 60’s, suppodly children in classrooms had to rai one finger if they had to pee, two fingers if they had to do the doo. Apparently it was to inform the teacher of how long the child was going to be out of class for the bathroom. 在 60 年代,据说教室里的孩子如果要小便必须举起一根手指,如果必须要尿便必须举起两根手指。 显然这是为了通知老师孩子要离开课堂去洗手间多长时间。
2. 父母公众场合的委婉说法
Parents just wanted a euphemism for the bodily functions when they spoke to their kids in public. Most parents aren’t going to openly ask their young child, "Do you have to take a
dump?" in public-- however, it’s acceptable to ask the kid if they have to "go number 2."当父母在公共场合与孩子交谈时,他们只是想委婉地表达身体机能。 大多数父母不会公开问他们年幼的孩子,“你一定要去大便吗?” 在公共场合——然而,问孩子他们是否必须“去 2 号”是可以接受的。
3. 大小便的顺序厚怎么组词
Pee is "number 1" becau the source of it is first on your body, and the source of "number 2" is farther back. A similar theory states that, when you u the restroom, typically you pee before you go "colon bowlin’" (for a complete list of "poop" euphemisms, plea click here). This makes it a matter of numbering the functions chronologically.小便是“第一”,因为你是先上小便,而“第二”就在于是先拉小便然后在拉大便。 一个类似的理论指出,当您使用洗手间时,通常您会在“大便”之前小便,这是身体功能顺序的问题。
脑经急转弯
4. 动作的次数
Pee is "number 1" becau you only pee-- you do one thing. The theory further conclude
s that to "download a brownload" is "number 2" becau you often do both of the previously mentioned functions in the same bathroom trip. 小便是“第一”,因为你只小便——你只做一件事。 该理论进一步得出结论,“大便”是“第二”,因为你经常在拉大便的同时,也会把小便一起拉了,所以你就做了2件事。
5. 根据大小便的时间rest什么意思
It states that "it takes 1 minute to pee and 2 minutes to poo." 一般小便需要 1 分钟,大便需要 2 分钟。台风危害
6. 其他(押韵和颜色)
泥泞不堪
Poo rhymes with two. Pee is number one becau it is the color of gold like the gold medal you win in first place. 大便的Poo和第二的Two押尾韵。Pee是第一因为小便的颜色和金牌的颜色是一样的,金牌就是第一。
婴儿中暑
这种特殊说法的真实来历已经无从考证,众说纷纭,那么你觉得哪一种更合理呢?