英語笑話:我是鎮(zhèn)上唯一的掘墓人

Only gravedigger in town 鎮(zhèn)上唯一的掘墓人

詞匯掃描

seminar ['seminɑ:] 討論班

make up 補(bǔ)償

insist [in'sist] 堅(jiān)持

postpone [p?ust'p?un] 推遲

英文原文

One of my students could not take my college seminar final exam

because of a funeral.

No problem, I told him. Make it up the following week.

That week came,

and again he couldn't take the test due to another funeral.

"You'll have to take the test early next week," I insisted.

"I can't keep postponing it."

"I'll take the test next week if no one dies," he told me.

By now I was suspicious.

"How can you have so many people

you know pass away in three weeks?"

"I don't know any of these people," he said.

"I'm the only gravedigger in town."

中文大意

逐句對(duì)照

One of my students could not take my college seminar final exam

because of a funeral.

No problem, I told him. Make it up the following week.

That week came,

and again he couldn't take the test due to another funeral.

"You'll have to take the test early next week," I insisted.

"I can't keep postponing it."

"I'll take the test next week if no one dies," he told me.

By now I was suspicious.

"How can you have so many people

you know pass away in three weeks?"

"I don't know any of these people," he said.

"I'm the only gravedigger in town."

多學(xué)一點(diǎn)

seminar 討論班，研究班

make up 彌補(bǔ)，補(bǔ)償

make up the price difference(補(bǔ)上差價(jià))

make up the lost goods(補(bǔ)償丟失的貨物)

make up 編造，捏造

make up an excuse(編造一個(gè)借口)

make up 化妝

She spent an hour to make up before the date.

insist 堅(jiān)持

He insists on having another cup.

強(qiáng)烈的、持續(xù)的主張

We insist that you accept these gifts.

postpone 推遲，延期

The match is postponed to the next week.

The meeting is postponed until Tom is back.

pass away 去世，過世

dead

pass away

pass on，pass over，be gone

重新聽一次故事原文

One of my students could not take my college seminar final exam

because of a funeral.

No problem, I told him. Make it up the following week.

That week came,

and again he couldn't take the test due to another funeral.

"You'll have to take the test early next week," I insisted.

"I can't keep postponing it."

"I'll take the test next week if no one dies," he told me.

By now I was suspicious.

"How can you have so many people

you know pass away in three weeks?"

"I don't know any of these people," he said.

"I'm the only gravedigger in town."