英语笑话：Money in the Coffin 棺材里的钱

Money in the Coffin

An old man was on his deathbed．He wanted badly to take all his money with him．He called his priest，his doctor and his lawyer to his bedside．“Here’s $30，000 cash to be held by each of you．I trust you to put this in my coffin when I die so I can take all my money with me．”

At the funeral，each man put an envelope in the coffin．Riding away in a limousine，the priest suddenly broke into tears and confessed that he had only put$20，000 into the envelope because he needed $10，000 for a new baptistery．“Well，since we’re confiding in each other，”said the doctor，“I only put $10，000 in the envelope because we needed a new machine at the hospital which cost $20，000．”The lawyer was aghast．“I’m ashamed of both of you，”he exclaimed．“I want it known that when I put my envelope in that coffin，it held my personal check for the full $30，000．”

英语词汇

1.Coffin - 棺材

2.Deathbed - 临终床

3.Priest - 牧师

4.Doctor - 医生

5.Lawyer - 律师

6.Cash - 现金

7.Confided - 透露（过去式）

8.Baptistery - 浸礼池

9.Machine - 机器

10.Aghast - 震惊的

11.Personal check - 个人支票

12.Envelopes - 信封

13.Limousine - 豪华轿车

14.Confessing - 承认（现在分词）

15.Ashamed - 惭愧的

棺材里的钱

一位老人奄奄一息。他非常希望死后能把自己所有的钱都带走。于是他将自己雇用的牧师、医生和律师叫到床边。“你们每人手上都有我的30，000美元，我委托你们在我死时把这些钱都放进棺材，这样我就能把自己所有的钱都带走。”

葬礼上，那三个受托人在棺材里各放了一个信封。牧师开着豪华轿车要离开的时候，突然流下了眼泪，承认自己在信封里只放了20，000美元，因为他要用10，000美元买一个洗礼池。“那好吧，既然大家都坦诚相待，”医生说，“我在信封里只放了10 ，000美元，因为我们医院需要一台价值20，000美元的新设备。”律师感到非常惊讶。“我真为你们俩感到害臊，”他大叫道，“我要告诉你们，我放进棺材里的信封内装了一张价值整整30，000美元的个人支票。”