An English Joke or A Ghost Story?
An English Joke or A Ghost Story?
Two men were walking home after a Halloween party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones。
“Holy cow, Mister,” one of them said after catching his breath, “You scared us half to death -- we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?”
“Those fools!” The old man grumbled, “They misspelled my name!”
- ghost story 鬼故事 (creepy story 令人毛骨悚然的故事)
- take a shortcut 抄近路
- cemetery 墓地
- for laughs 為了消遣娛樂
- startle 使驚嚇 = scare
- misty 多霧的
- shadow 影子. 陰影
- tremble 顫抖
- chisel 鑿子
- chip away at sth 不停地鑿著(削著)
- headstone 墓碑
- Holy cow!! 我的天啊!! = My goodness!! My God!!
- catch a breath 喘一口氣
- half to death 半死啦~~
- grumble 發牢騷
- misspell 拼錯
萬聖節派對過後，兩男人為了消遣娛樂，打算抄近路穿過墓地回家。走到墓地中央時，他們被從迷霧中傳來的“答、答、答”聲驚嚇到了。正當兩人害怕得渾身顫抖時，他們看到是個老伯伯拿著鐵錘和鑿子，在一塊墓碑上不停地鑿著。
“哇塞，先生，”其中一人喘了口氣說，“你把我們嚇得半死啊，我們還以為遇上鬼了呢！那麼晚了你在這裡做什麼？”
“那些笨蛋！”老伯抱怨著，“他們把我的名字拼錯啦！”
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