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名人教你讲英文:熊猫经济学

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名人教英文:熊猫经济学

华盛顿史密森尼国家动物园的新生熊猫「宝宝」(bao bao)一月初公开亮相,群众争相入场探望。上月一期《经济学人》(the economist)文章 "pandanomics"(即panda和economics的合体字)乘机「抽水」。

文章副题是costly, bumbling (笨手笨脚的) washington has a perfect mascot (吉祥物),内文先描述熊猫如何笨手笨脚:

pandas are bad at sex and picky (挑剔) about food. they eat little but bamboo, though it leaves them weak and hungry. females are in heat (发情期) only for a few days a year; males have the savoir faire (源自法语,可解作交际手腕) of pimply (长了粉刺的) prom dates (高中毕业舞会的舞伴).

熊猫拣饮择食,不擅交配。说雄性熊猫的「交际手腕」如高中舞会里的小伙子,幽默地点出熊猫的求偶能力有多拙劣。

作者续说,如果熊猫不是那么讨人喜爱,这种与遗传规律格格不入的动物早应绝种:these genetic (与遗传有关的) misfits (格格不入的人或物) might have died out long ago, had they not been so adorable.(had they not been... 是if they had not been... 的倒装写法。)


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