The Revenge 报复
Old Farmer Johnson was dying. The family was standing around his bed.
老农约翰逊就要死了。他的家人都站在床边。
With a low voice he said to his wife: "When I'm dead I want you to marry farmer Jones."
他声音低沉地对妻子说:“我死后,我想你嫁给农夫琼斯。”
Wife: "No, I can't marry anyone after you."
妻子说:“不,在你死后,我不能嫁给任何人。”
Johnson: "But I want you to."
约翰逊:“但我希望你这么做。”
Wife: "But why?"
妻子:“为什么?”
Johnson: "Jones once cheated me in a horse deal!"
约翰逊:“因为琼斯曾在一笔贩马的交易中欺骗了我。”
1.revenge
revenge:报仇,报复
eg:I resolved to revenge myself on the enemy. 我决意向敌人报仇。
2.dying
dying在这里是die的现在分词。dying本身可做形容词,是渴望的意思:
be dying for渴望,巴不得立即;表“非常”
be dying for sth/to do sth. 极想
Be dying to do sth/for sth. 非常想得到或想做某事
be dying for sth. / be dying to do sth. 恨不得马上
3.cheat
cheat表示“哄骗”“骗取”,是及物动词,其宾语通常是人而不是物,且不能接双宾语。
1.表示骗取某人某物,常用句型是cheat sb(out) of sth。
如:He cheated the old man (out) of his money. 他骗了这个老人的钱。
2.表示骗取某人做某事,其常用句型为 cheat sb into (doing)sth。
如:They cheated her into marrying him. 他们骗她同他结婚。
3.表示“舞弊”“欺骗”,通常不及物,注意其后所接介词。
如:He often cheats at cards. 他打牌经常作弊。