赖世雄读英语笑话学英语之婚姻笑话(7)：一个感人的告别(双语)
Unit 7 A Touching Farewell 一个感人的告别
Two old friends were out golfing. As they were preparing to tee off near a road, a funeral cortege drove by and one of the two friends took off his hat and held it over his heart until the line of cars had passed.
两个老朋友出外打高尔夫球，当他们在一处路旁准备开球时，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，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. After all, we would have been married thirty years next Tuesday.”
“喔，那只不过是我最起码所能做的事了。毕竟，到下星期二我们结婚就满三十年了。”
英语知识点解说：
1.tee off 自发球处开球
2.funeral n. 葬礼；出 殡行列
3.cortege n. （法文）行列
4.take off... 脱去……
put on... 穿起
例："Take off your clothes and bend over," ordered the doctor.
（“脱掉衣服然后弯腰下去，”医生命令道。）
5.manner n. 方式；礼貌（恒用复数）； 俗；举止（=behavior）
good manner 有礼貌
例：There's something odd about that young man's manner.
（那个年轻人的行为有些奇怪。）
We all like to associate with people with good manners.
（我们都喜欢与有礼貌的人相处。）
6.on sb's part 在某人这方面
注意：
本词组为形容词词组，使用时置于名词之后。
例：Obviously the effort on your part is not enough.
（显然你的努力还不够。）
7.partner n. 同伴
8.It/That was the least one could do. 对某而言那不算什么；那是某人最起码所能做的事。
例："Thank you very much for the help."
"Don't mention it. That's the least I could do."
（“非常感谢你的帮忙 。别客气，那只是小事一桩。”）
9.after all 毕竟；终究
例：Don't expect too much of him. After all, he's only five.
（别对他要求那么多。毕竟，他才五岁而已。）
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