英語笑話:Compliment 恭維話
Compliment
"Larry! Come here!" said his furious mother, putting the telephone down, " I’ve just had a call from Mrs. Harrison about your behavior to her Doris at the school dance last night. You wretched, rude boy!"
"I was nice to her, Mum, really I was!" protested the youth.
"I even paid her a compliment when we had a dance."
"Did you, indeed?" said his mother grimly, "And what exactly did you say?"
"I said, Gosh, Doris, you sweat less than any fat girl I’ve ever danced with!"恭維話
“拉里，你過來！”媽媽放下電話後生氣地說，“我剛纔接到哈里森夫人地電話，她告訴我你在昨晚的學校舞會上對多麗絲行爲不好，你可恥，粗魯！”
“媽媽，我對她很好，真的！”小夥子不服氣地說。“當我和她跳舞時我還說了一句恭維她的話。”
“你真的這麼做的嗎？”媽媽嚴厲地問。“你的原話是怎麼說的？”
“我說，啊呀，多麗絲，你比我跳過舞的任何胖姑娘出汗都少！”
NOTE
wretch n.
不幸的人；潦倒的人
grimly adv.
嚴格地, 可怕地, 冷酷地
sweat [swet] n.
汗，汗珠
Sweat poured down his face as he ran.
他跑步時汗水從他臉上淌下來。
