A Touching Farewell
兩個(gè)老朋友出外打高爾夫球,
Two old friends were out golfing.
當(dāng)他們?cè)谝惶幝放詼?zhǔn)備開(kāi)球時(shí),
As they were'preparing to tee off near a road,
一列出殯送葬車(chē)隊(duì)恰巧經(jīng)過(guò)那里,其中一位朋友脫去帽子放在胸前,
a funeral cortege drove by and one of the two friends took off his hat and
直到車(chē)隊(duì)通過(guò)后才戴上帽子。
held it over his heart until the line of cars had passed.
“你這樣做實(shí)在很有禮貌,”他的同伴說(shuō)道。
"Well, that was good manners on your part," said his partner.
“喔,那只不過(guò)是我最起碼所能做的事了。
"Oh, it was the least I could do.
畢竟,到下星期二我們結(jié)婚就滿三十年了。
After all we would have been married thirty years next Tuesday. "