悔不相逢伊甸園------家庭倫理與幽默係列（9）

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亞當也是平常人----這樣一切就真相大白了。 他並非為了要蘋果而要蘋果。他之所以要，是因為它是顆禁果。現在毒品能夠牟取暴利，就因為它是違禁品。
Adam was but human------this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple’s sake. He wanted it only because it was forbidden.

知不知道亞當是路德教徒？隻有路德教徒才會站在一位裸體女人身邊還有心思吃蘋果。
Do you know Adam was a Lutheran? Only a Lutheran would stand next to a naked woman and eat an apple.

羅密歐幸虧要爬上陽台。如果朱麗葉住在一樓或者是地庫，羅密歐得到的樂趣就沒那麽甜美了。話說回來，他們偷吃禁果的機會更多更容易些。
Romeo had to climb up that blessed balcony. If Juliet had been roomed at ground level, or living in a walk-down flat, the pleasure won by Romeo would never have been so sweet.

亞當：“夏娃，你愛我嗎？”
夏娃：“舍你其誰？”別無選擇的時候隻好將就了。
Adam,: “Eve, do you love me?”
Eve: “Who else?”

夏娃一吃了智慧之果，趕緊去拿遮羞葉子。女人一旦有了思想，第一個念頭就是要新衣服。所以時裝行業永遠不會過時。
As soon as Eve ate the apple of wisdom, she reached for the fig leaf. When a woman begins to think, her first thought is of a new dress.