單元3. Puns of the Week(雙關笑語)
單元3. Puns of the Week(雙關笑語)
A: Knock, knock.
B: Who's there?
A: Adorable.
B: Adorable who?
A: Adorable(A doorbell) don't work, that's why I knocked!
背景知識:
「Knock Knock 笑話」是家喻戶曉的美式幽默,起因於有人拜訪敲門(Knock Knock!),應門者回應 Who's there?(是誰在門外?)拜訪者會回答自己的名字。
本文是回答“Adorable“(艾多爾波)。應門者需知道是哪位「艾多爾波」,因此詢問對方姓氏:Adorable who? 笑點即從本處開始,通常應該回答:名字+姓氏,(如: Adorable Adams);但因“Adorable“發音近似“A doorbell“,所以拜訪者刻意將句子回覆成:A doorbell don't work, that's why I knocked!(門鈴壞了,所以我敲門!)◇