英语小达人 265 I Want to Take Money with Me

 　　I Want to Take Money with Me

　　我想带走我的钱

　　As Mr. Smith was on his death bed, he attempted to formulate¹ a plan that would allow him to take at least some of his wealth with him.

　　史密斯先生快要死了，他想到一个计划能让他在死后带走至少一部分财产。

　　He called for the three man he trusted most--his lawyer, his doctor, and his clergyman.

　　他叫来自己最信任的三个人——他的律师、私人医生和牧师。

　　He told them, "I'm going to give you each $30,000 in cash before I die. At my funeral, I want you to place the money in my coffin² so that I can try to take it with me."

　　他对他们说：“我死前会给你们每个人3万块钱，我要你们在我的葬礼上把这些钱放到我的棺材里，这样我才好尽量把它们带走。”

　　All three agreed to do this and were given the money. At the funeral, each approached the coffin in turn and placed an envelope inside.

　　那三个人都同意这样做并拿到了钱。葬礼上，三个人依次走到棺材前，然后把一个信封放进去。

　　While leaving the cemetery³, the clergyman said, "I have to confess something to you fellow. Brother Smith was a good churchman all his life, and I know he would have wanted me to do this. The church needed a new baptistery very badly, and I took $10,000 of the money he gave me and bought one. I only put $20,000 in the coffin."

　　从墓地离开时，牧师说道：“我有事情要对你们忏悔。教友史密斯终身都是虔诚的教徒，我相信他会要我这样做的。教堂里急需一个新的浸礼池，我就从他给我的钱里拿出1万块买了一个，所以我只在他的棺材里放了2万块钱。”

　　The physician then said, "Well, since we're confiding⁴ in one another, I might as well tell you that I didn't put the full $30,000 in the coffin either. Smith had a disease that could have been diagnosed sooner if I had this very new machine, but the machine cost $20,000 and I couldn't afford it then. I used $20,000 of the money to buy the machine so that I might be able to save another patient. I know that Smith would have wanted me to do that."

　　医生跟着说道：“既然我们互相信任，那么我得告诉你们我也没有把那3万块钱都放进棺材里。史密斯先生得了一种病，如果我有一种最先进的仪器的话就能早些诊断出来，可是那仪器要2万块钱，当时我买不起。所以我从那笔钱里拿出2万块钱买了仪器，这样我就能用它救治其他的病人。我想史密斯先生会让我这么做的。”

　　The lawyer then said, "I'm ashamed of both of you. When I put my envelope into that coffin, it held my personal check for the full $30,000."

　　律师接着说：“我真替你们两个害臊。我放进棺材的那个信封里可是有一张我签的整整3万元的个人支票。”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. in turn

　　逐一；依次；轮流地；

　　eg. There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke⁵ in turn.

　　当这些女人们逐一发言时，她们每个人都赢得了喝彩声。

　　eg. She asked the same question of everyone in turn.

　　她依次向每一个人问同样的问题。

　　2. confide⁶ in

　　吐露（或倾诉）秘密；

　　eg. I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided⁷ in me a year earlier...

　　我知道她的婚姻存在一些根本性的问题，早在一年前她就向我倾诉过。

　　eg. There's no one here I can confide in.

　　这里没有一个我可以信赖的人。

　　3. be ashamed of

　　（为…）感到羞耻的，感到难为情的；

　　eg. As for you, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

　　至于你，你应该感到惭愧。

　　eg. She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party.

　　她对自己在聚会上的行为深感羞愧。

1 formulate   

v.用公式表示；规划；设计；系统地阐述

参考例句：

• He took care to formulate his reply very clearly.他字斟句酌，清楚地做了回答。
• I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas.他陈述观点的方式让我印象深刻。

2 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。

3 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。

4 confiding   

adj.相信人的，易于相信的v.吐露（秘密，心事等）( confide的现在分词 )；（向某人）吐露（隐私、秘密等）

参考例句：

• The girl is of a confiding nature. 这女孩具有轻信别人的性格。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Celia, though confiding her opinion only to Andrew, disagreed. 西莉亚却不这么看，尽管她只向安德鲁吐露过。 来自辞典例句

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 confide   

v.向某人吐露秘密

参考例句：

• I would never readily confide in anybody.我从不轻易向人吐露秘密。
• He is going to confide the secrets of his heart to us.他将向我们吐露他心里的秘密。

7 confided   

v.吐露（秘密，心事等）( confide的过去式和过去分词 )；（向某人）吐露（隐私、秘密等）

参考例句：

• She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
• He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. 他私下向我透露，他蹲过五年监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》