courtroom法庭,sentence判決,criminal犯人
【笑話原文】
Do What You Can
In a courtroom, the judge sentenced a criminal to thirty years in prison and the prisoner said, "But Sir, I won’t live that long!"
So the judge replied, "Don't worry, just do what you can!"
【中文譯文】
活多久算多久
在法庭上,法官宣判某個罪犯要服三十年徒刑。犯人說:“不過庭上,我活不了那么久啊!”
法官說:“別擔(dān)心!你盡力而為就好。”
【詞匯講解】
1.sentence判決。The judge sentenced him to do hard labour.法官判他服勞役。
2.criminal犯人。He is a habitual criminal.他是一個慣犯。
3.prison監(jiān)獄。Tom hates school; it's a prison to him.湯姆不喜歡上學(xué), 學(xué)校對他來說好像是個牢籠。
4.long長的。作動詞指“渴望”:We are longing to see you.我們極想見到你。