经典双语笑话 第14期:一次特别的伤风感冒

 And uncalling cold 一次特别的伤风感冒

On a rainy, miserable¹ day, the funeral procession was climbing the steep hill to the cemetery², when suddenly the rear doors of the hearse broke open and the coffin³ slid out. 一个阴雨、悲惨的日子，有列送葬队伍正沿着陡峭的山路向墓地前进，这时突然间灵车的后门破开，棺材滑出车外。

To the horror of the mourners, the casket hurtled down the hill, scattering⁴ motorists and pedestrians⁵. 令哀悼者大感惊恐的是，棺材滑下山坡，冲散了汽车和行人。

At tremendous speed it leaped onto the sidewalk and barreled into a drugstore. It crashed into the counter and the lid flew open. 接着它以高速冲上人行道并滚进一家药房，最后棺材撞到了柜台里面，盖子则崩开了。

"For Heaven's sake," said the corpse⁶ to the astonished pharmacist, "give me something to stop this coffin. " “看在老天的份上，”棺木中的尸体向惊魂未定的药剂师说道:“给我一点东西把棺材停止下来。”

1.funeral procession 送葬队伍

例句：The funeral procession in Paris was the last rally of the revolution.

在巴黎为她的送葬队伍要算学潮运动的最后的集会了。

2.rear doors 后门

例句：Here rear doors open up against the wind like in the exclusive Rolls-Royce model.

这辆车的后门敞开，迎着风就像是独一无二的劳斯莱斯模型。

3.slid out 滑落

例句：The cake easily slid out of the pan.

那块薄饼很轻易地从锅里滑落出来。

4.at tremendous speed 高速

例句：It now came straigh towards them at tremendous speed.

它现在正以惊人的速度直冲他们驶来。

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

3 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

4 scattering   

n.[物]散射；散乱，分散；在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的；分散在不同范围的；广泛扩散的；（选票）数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式)；散布；驱散

参考例句：

• The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒，把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 pedestrians   

n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。