英文幽默笑话：Cheap price for a horse

时间：2016-06-29 04:26:08

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After his beloved horse died, a man wanted to place an ad in the newspaper like this: Horse saddle and bridle¹ for $50.

　　一个人衷爱的马死了，他打算在报上登则广告如下：50元卖马鞍和马缰绳。

　　Inadvertently the paper added a comma to the ad, which read instead:Horse, saddle and bridle for $50.

　　无意中报纸在广告语中加了个逗号，读起来成这样了，50元卖马，马鞍和马缰绳。

　　Immediately someone responded to the ad, That''s an awfully² cheap price for a horse, said the caller, What''s wrong with your horse?

　　马上就有人询问这则广告，这马的价格真是太便宜了

　　询问者说，马有什么毛病吗？

　　Well, he is dead, replied the man who placed the erroneously typed ad.

　　哦，它是死的，安排这条误入的广告的人回答道。

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1 bridle
n.笼头，束缚；vt.抑制，约束；动怒
参考例句：
He learned to bridle his temper.他学会了控制脾气。 I told my wife to put a bridle on her tongue.我告诉妻子说话要谨慎。

2 awfully
adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地
参考例句：
Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。 I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。