The deathbed can lead people to speak with great honesty and, in many cases, humor. This is a list of 20 last words by famous people。
人之將死,其言也真,有時候還會帶點幽默。以下是20位名人的臨終遺言。
1. Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose。
1. 原諒我,先生。我不是故意這樣做的。
Said by: Queen Marie Antoinette after she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner as she went to the guillotine。
出自: 瑪麗·安托瓦內特王后,她上斷頭臺的時候,不小心踩了劊子手一腳。
2. I can't sleep
2. 我睡不著。
Said by: J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
出自: J. M. 巴里,彼得潘的作者。
3. I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis。
3. 我永遠不該把蘇格蘭威士忌換成馬蒂尼酒。
Said by: Humphrey Bogart
出自:亨弗萊·鮑嘉
4. I am about to — or I am going to — die: either expression is correct。
4. 我馬上就要——或者說我即將——死去了:這兩種表達方式都是正確的。
Said by: Dominique Bouhours, famous French grammarian
出自: 多米尼克·鮑赫斯,法國著名文法學者
5. I live!
5. 我還活著!
Said by: Roman Emperor, as he was being murdered by his own soldiers。
出自: 羅馬教皇,當時他被自己的士兵所殺。
6. Dammit…Don't you dare ask God to help me。
6. 該死的——你怎么不敢求上帝來幫幫我?
Said by: Joan Crawford to her housekeeper who began to pray aloud。
出自: 瓊·克勞馥,當她的女管家開始大聲祈禱上帝的時候,她如是說。
7. I am perplexed. Satan Get Out
7。我感到不知所措。撒旦逃走了。
Said by: Aleister Crowley - famous occultist
出自:亞歷斯特·克勞利——著名神秘學者
8. Now why did I do that?
8. 那么我為什么那么做呢?
Said by: General William Erskine, after he jumped from a window in Lisbon, Portugal in 1813。
出自: 威廉·歐斯金,當他于1813年從葡萄牙里斯本的一個窗戶跳下去之后。
9. Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? ‘French Fries'!
9. 嗨,伙計們!明天的報紙頭條這樣寫怎樣:“法式炸薯條”!
Said by: James French, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to the electric chair. He shouted these words to members of the press who were to witness his execution。
出自: 詹姆斯·弗蘭徹,殺人犯,他被終身判決為上電椅死刑。他對親見他受刑的媒體人員說出了這句話。(注“法式炸薯條”原文‘French Fries',此人也姓French,被判坐電椅,所以說自己被炸了。)
10. Bugger Bognor。
10. 該死的博格。
Said by: King George V whose physician had suggested that he relax at his seaside palace in Bognor Regis。
出自: 喬治四世,他的醫師建議他在博格內吉斯(Bognor Regis)的海邊宮殿休息。