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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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