【生詞預覽】

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監獄。Tom hates school; it's a prison to him.湯姆不喜歡上學, 學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。