Two old friends were out golfing. 两个老朋友出外打高尔夫球，

As they were preparing to tee off near a road, 当他们在一处路旁准备开球时，

a funeral cortege drove by and one of the two friends took off his hat  一列出殡送葬车队恰巧经过那里，其中一位朋友脱去帽子放在胸前，

and held it over his heart until the line of cars had passed. 直到车队通过后才戴上帽子。

"Well, that was good manners on your part," said his partner. “你这样做实在很有礼貌，”他的同伴说道。

"Oh, it was the least I could do. “喔，那只不过是我最起码所能做的事了。

After all we would have been married thirty years next Tuesday. " 毕竟，到下星期二我们结婚就满三十年了。

1.took off 感人的告别

例句：She went behind the screen and took off her dress.

她到屏风后面脱下了衣服。

2.tee off 发球；开球

例句：Let's meet at the clubhouse at 1:30 this afternoon and tee off at two.

我们今天下午1：30 在高尔夫球俱乐部会所会面，两点钟开球。

3.funeral cortege 送葬队伍

例句：It begins with what I always hear as a kind of funeral cortege idea.

乐曲的一开始,我总听着觉得像列队出殡的乐句。

4.the least 至少；起码

例句：He's not in the least addicted to looking after number one.

他从来不把自己放在第一位。