标题: 看笑话学英语:Navajo Message For The Moon [打印本页] 作者: kobe 时间: 2017-11-6 22:55 标题: 看笑话学英语:Navajo Message For The Moon
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training. One day, a Navajo elder and his son came across the space crew, who were walking among the rocks.
The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question. His son translated for the NASA people:
老人问了航天局人员一个问题,但他只会说纳瓦伙族语,儿子帮他进行了翻译:
"What are these guys in the big suits doing?"
“这些穿着厚重衣服的家伙在干嘛?”
One of the astronauts said they were practicing for a trip to the moon. When his son relayed this comment, the Navajo elder got all excited and asked if it would be possible to give the astronauts a message to deliver to the moon.
A NASA official said, "Why certainly!" and told an underling to get a tape recorder. The Navajo elder's comments were brief. The NASA official asked the son if he would translate what his father had said. But he refused.