标题: Pressure [打印本页] 作者: davy129 时间: 8.5.2003 23:26
<br><br>A 104 year-old woman was being interviewed by a reporter:<br><br>"And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked.<br><br>She simply replied, "No peer(窥视)pressure". <br> 作者: tuzi 时间: 9.5.2003 09:20
sorry but i have to correct you,davy. "peer" means "those who are of the same age of you", eg., your classmates. so "peer pressure" means there is no one who can compete with you, and that you don't feel any pressure coming from your friends,schoolmates, etc..<br><br>but still, <!--emo&(F)--><img src='https://www.kaiyuan.info/bbs/html/emoticons/rose.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rose.gif'><!--endemo--> 作者: quantum 时间: 9.5.2003 11:58
The word "peer" here is simply a wordplay that makes the joke. Without the Chinese notation it would have been perfect. 作者: davy129 时间: 9.5.2003 13:58
thanks for your corrections! <!--emo&:rolleyes:--><img src='https://www.kaiyuan.info/bbs/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&b^--><img src='https://www.kaiyuan.info/bbs/html/emoticons/beer_yum.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='beer_yum.gif'><!--endemo-->