英語(yǔ)笑話(huà):好消息和壞消息

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pastor牧師，plead for乞求，coffer資金,congregation會(huì)眾

【笑話(huà)原文】

Good News and Bad News

The pastor of my church hates to plead for money. But when the coffers were running low, he had no choice. “There’s good news and there’s bad news,” he told the congregation. “The good news is that we have more than enough money for all the current and future needs of the parish. The bad news is, it’s still in your pockets.”

【中文譯文】

好消息和壞消息

我們教會(huì)的牧師羞于開(kāi)口要錢(qián)。但是，到了捉襟見(jiàn)肘的時(shí)候他就非開(kāi)口不可了。他告訴會(huì)眾說(shuō)：“我有一個(gè)好消息，也有一個(gè)壞消息。好消息是我們的錢(qián)超過(guò)我們教區(qū)目前的和將來(lái)的需要。壞消息是這些錢(qián)還在你們的口袋里。”

【詞匯講解】

1.plead for乞求。 She went down on her knees, pleading for mercy.

她雙膝跪下, 乞求諒解。也可以指“在法庭上為…辯護(hù)”：Mr. Jones will plead for you in this case.在此案中, 瓊斯先生將為你辯護(hù)。

2.coffer資金。 There’s nothing left in the government’s coffers.國(guó)庫(kù)已空無(wú)一物了

3.congregation (教堂里的)會(huì)眾：The congregation knelt to pray.會(huì)眾跪下來(lái)祈禱。

4.current 現(xiàn)在的, 現(xiàn)行的。They suggested measures to overcome current difficulties.他們提出了克服目前困難的措施。“通用的” ：This word is no longer in current use.這個(gè)字已經(jīng)不再通用了。

5.parish教區(qū)。也可以指“郡以下的地方行政區(qū)/知識(shí)領(lǐng)域, 職權(quán)范圍, 工作區(qū)域”。