【图说英语】Sign Language
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/The English language may not always travel well, but twisted translations can provide some of the funniest on-the-road experiences. Each week, we select some of the strangest from around the world. 本帖最后由 I'm_zhcn 于 2009-5-25 07:41 编辑
Picture: Laurie Gittess in Shanghai, China
Surely better just to call it 'mystery dumpling'
Picture: Jenny Rice in Racine, Wisconsin
Just don't shoot the bunnies
Nothing quite captures the spirit of Easter - in Racine, Wisconsin, anyway - like a little handgun action.
Picture: Tim Olivett in Phuket, Thailand
Ah, but of clouse
Always nice to stop in and have a conversation with someone who speaks fluent England.
Picture: Barbara Fisher in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin
Trailer park sushi
Try the lobworm roll with maggot tofu.
Picture: Kenji Kushida in Beppu, Japan
Boiled...and then tarred and feathered?
Not actually a cruel punishment - this hot spring in Japan is in fact boiling.
Picture: Peggie Wormington in Dai Village, Southern China
Go on, run into it
Get a running start to make sure your forehead connects with the beam head-on.
Picture: Jessica Vapnek in Chennai, India
Have a pleasant journey
You will probably not get robbed, conned or drugged for the first few minutes of the train ride. 本帖最后由 I'm_zhcn 于 2009-5-26 16:18 编辑
Picture: Laura Skrypchak in Montego Bay
All jerks this way please
It's actually a cooking centre in Jamaica - Simon Cowell is rumoured to have a holiday home nearby...
Picture: Tom Crawford in Texas
Living large on a shoestring
Putting all those benefits to good use.
Picture: John Goldman in Death Valley
A name you can trust
Presumably more profitable than the Health Valley Death Center.
Picture: Richard Patenaude in China
It's a bird. It's a plane. It's...
By day he's a mild-mannered traveller. But when nature calls...
Picture: Lance Lechner in Hong Kong
Minor inconvenience
Other than a missing leg, no problem.
Picture: Margo Scofield in Henley-on-Thames
Literate Lassie
It's just a matter of fine breeding and proper education.
Picture: John Wareham in Kentucky
Try to get out of this one
How the local police department plans to finance their next staff party. 本帖最后由 I'm_zhcn 于 2009-5-27 19:29 编辑
High spirits
No man is happy unless he believes he is Rev John Ritter? Talk about content clerics.
Can you keep a secret?
Pssst. There's a secret nuclear bunker on the way to Brentwood. You can't miss it. Just take the A128 and follow the "secret bunker" signs.
Tourist information
It's hard to figure out exactly how this helpful Chinese sign is supposed to work. Present it to locals when disoriented.
Some kind of fish
This photo was taken in the Alexandria Aquarium in Egypt, or as the aquarium directors like to call it "some kind of place that keeps fish in tanks."
Speak English like an anus
An English Academy with a name like Anus seems like it might be a problem. Thus, the text in red.
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