兩個(gè)老朋友出外打高爾夫球,
As they were'preparing to tee off near a road,
當(dāng)他們在一處路旁準(zhǔn)備開球時(shí),
a funeral cortege drove by and one of the two friends took off his hat and
一列出殯送葬車隊(duì)恰巧經(jīng)過那里,其中一位朋友脫去帽子放在胸前,
held it over his heart until the line of cars had passed.
直到車隊(duì)通過后才戴上帽子。
"Well, that was good manners on your part," said his partner.
“你這樣做實(shí)在很有禮貌,”他的同伴說道。
"Oh, it was the least I could do.
“喔,那只不過是我最起碼所能做的事了。
After all we would have been married thirty years next Tuesday. "
畢竟,到下星期二我們結(jié)婚就滿三十年了。”