【生詞預覽】

go over走過去，get off掛掉電話

【笑話原文】

Her Mother Died too

One day, a woman’s neighbor goes over to her house, sees her crying, and asks her what happened. The woman said that her mother had passed away. The neighbor made her some coffee and calmed her down a little and then left. The next day the neighbor went back over to the house and found the woman crying again. She asked her why she was crying this time. “I just got off the phone with my sister. Her mother died too!”

【中文譯文】

她的媽媽也去世了

一天，一個鄰居到她家去，看見她在哭，就問她出了什么事。女人說她的媽媽去世了。鄰居給她煮了一點咖啡，安慰了她幾句，就走了。第二天，這個鄰居又過來看她，發(fā)現她又在哭，就問她這次為什么哭。“我剛和我姐姐通完電話，她的媽媽也去世了。”

【詞匯講解】

1.go over走過去。也可以指“留下印象”：These actors went over very well with the audience.這些演員深受觀眾們的歡迎。

2.pass away過世。也有“消磨掉”的意思： Forty years have passed away since they met.他們相識至今已40年了。

3.calm down（使）平靜。 The situation then calmed down temporarily.那時的形勢得以暫時地平靜下來。

4.get off掛掉（電話）。也有“發(fā)出”的意思： I'd like to get this letter off by the first post.我想將這封信在郵局第一次收信時寄出去。