美語會話 264 a great shock 打擊很大

The funeral director stops Holly and Yi-jun as they enter

FD: I'm sorry, ladies. Mr. Smith's viewing is over. It ended an hour ago.

Holly:But we just drove across town. Can't we just go in to see him one last...

FD: I'm afraid not. But at tomorrow's funeral, the family requested an open casket service.

Holly:This is all too fast. He's my best friend, and now he's gone.

FD: I'm sorry. I know it must have come as a great shock.

Holly:[Heartbroken] The viewing was for saying goodbye, and I didn't even get that.

funeral director

(安排葬禮的)葬儀員。在美國，葬儀員通常都是葬儀社業(yè)主

My father was a funeral director.

我父親是一位殯儀員。

drive across town

開車開了很長一段路

Don't make me drive across town to pick you up.

別叫我大老遠(yuǎn)開車去載你。

request (v.)

要求

Mr. DJ, can I request my favorite song?

DJ先生，我可否點我點喜歡的歌?

casket (n.)

棺材。open casket service是指在葬禮舉行時，開棺瞻仰死者遺容的一種儀式

A: Would you like an oak or a mahogany casket?

你要橡木還是桃花木的棺材?

B: Which is cheaper?

哪種便宜?

see somebody one last time

見某人最后一面

Go see your puppy one last time--he's going to miss you.

去看你的小狗最后一眼——它會想念你的。

葬儀員攔住要進(jìn)去的荷莉和怡君

葬儀員： 女士們，很抱歉。史密斯先生的遺容瞻仰已經(jīng)在一小時前結(jié)束了。

荷　莉： 但我們才剛大老遠(yuǎn)開車過來。我們能不能進(jìn)去見他最后一……

葬儀員： 恐怕沒辦法。但明天的葬禮上，家屬有要求開棺的儀式。

荷　莉： 這一切都太快了。他是我最好的朋友，現(xiàn)在他卻走了。

葬儀員： 很遺憾。我知道這打擊很大。

荷　莉： (悲傷)瞻仰遺容是要讓人道別的，而我甚至還辦不到