英语笑话听力+文本：Word of inspiration

Word of inspiration
圣灵的感悟

Jake had been an observant catholic and was in the hospital, near death. The family called their priest, to be with them. As the priest stood next to the bed, Jake's condition appeared to deteriorate¹ rapidly and he motioned frantically² for something to write on. The priest lovingly handed him a pen and a piece of paper, and Jake used his last bit of energy to scribble³ a note, then he died. The priest thought it best not to look at the note at that time, so he placed it in his jacket pocket. At the funeral, as he was finishing his eulogy⁴, he realized that he was wearing the same jacket that he was wearing when Jake died. He said, "You know, Jake handed me a note just before he died. I haven't looked at it yet, but knowing Jake, I'm sure there's a word of inspiration there for us all. " He opened the note, and read, "Hey, you're standing⁵ on my oxygen tube!"

杰克是个虔诚的天主教徒。他躺在医院里，奄奄一息。家人请来神父与他们呆在一起。当神父站来到病床旁边，杰克的病情迅速恶化了，疯狂的想要写点什么。神父慈祥地递给他纸笔，杰克用尽最后一点力气潦潦草草的写了一句话，随后就死去了。神父觉得那时候看不太合适，所以就放在了夹克口袋里。葬礼上，他读完悼词，发现正好穿着那天在医院里穿的夹克，他说：“你们知道吗，杰克临死之前写了一张纸条。我还没有看过，但是凭我对杰克的了解，我断定那是圣灵给他的感悟。”他打开纸条：“喂，你踩住我的输氧管了。”

1 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

2 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

3 scribble   

v.潦草地书写，乱写，滥写；n.潦草的写法，潦草写成的东西，杂文

参考例句：

• She can't write yet,but she loves to scribble with a pencil.她现在还不会写字，但她喜欢用铅笔乱涂。
• I can't read this scribble.我看不懂这种潦草的字。

4 eulogy   

n.颂词；颂扬

参考例句：

• He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. 他不需要我或者任何一个人来称颂。
• Mr.Garth gave a long eulogy about their achievements in the research.加思先生对他们的研究成果大大地颂扬了一番。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。