英语笑话:我是镇上唯一的掘墓人
词汇扫描
seminar ['seminɑ:] 讨论班
make up 补偿
insist [in'sist] 坚持
postpone [p?ust'p?un] 推迟
英文原文
One of my students could not take my college seminar final exam
because of a funeral.
No problem, I told him. Make it up the following week.
That week came,
and again he couldn't take the test due to another funeral.
"You'll have to take the test early next week," I insisted.
"I can't keep postponing it."
"I'll take the test next week if no one dies," he told me.
By now I was suspicious.
"How can you have so many people
you know pass away in three weeks?"
"I don't know any of these people," he said.
"I'm the only gravedigger in town."
中文大意
逐句对照
One of my students could not take my college seminar final exam
because of a funeral.
No problem, I told him. Make it up the following week.
That week came,
and again he couldn't take the test due to another funeral.
"You'll have to take the test early next week," I insisted.
"I can't keep postponing it."
"I'll take the test next week if no one dies," he told me.
By now I was suspicious.
"How can you have so many people
you know pass away in three weeks?"
"I don't know any of these people," he said.
"I'm the only gravedigger in town."
多学一点
seminar 讨论班，研究班
make up 弥补，补偿
make up the price difference(补上差价)
make up the lost goods(补偿丢失的货物)
make up 编造，捏造
make up an excuse(编造一个借口)
make up 化妆
She spent an hour to make up before the date.
insist 坚持
He insists on having another cup.
强烈的、持续的主张
We insist that you accept these gifts.
postpone 推迟，延期
The match is postponed to the next week.
The meeting is postponed until Tom is back.
pass away 去世，过世
dead
pass away
pass on，pass over，be gone
重新听一次故事原文
One of my students could not take my college seminar final exam
because of a funeral.
No problem, I told him. Make it up the following week.
That week came,
and again he couldn't take the test due to another funeral.
"You'll have to take the test early next week," I insisted.
"I can't keep postponing it."
"I'll take the test next week if no one dies," he told me.
By now I was suspicious.
"How can you have so many people
you know pass away in three weeks?"
"I don't know any of these people," he said.
"I'm the only gravedigger in town."
