【生词预览】

warranty保证，coffin棺材，mortuary太平间，exhume 挖出

【笑话原文】

Lifetime Warranty

After burying his mother nine months later, a client of the local mortuary finally had enough money to purchase the expensive coffin his mother originally wanted. So we exhumed the body and transferred his deceased mother into the new steel casket.

“What’s so special about this coffin?” I asked the funeral director.

He replied, “It has a lifetime warranty.”

【中文译文】

终身保修

在将母亲下葬9个月后，当地殡仪馆的一个客户终于攒够了钱去买那副他早就相中的价值不菲的棺材了。他把母亲的棺材挖了出来，将尸体转移到了那副新的钢制棺材中。 “这副棺材有什么特别?”，我问葬礼的承办人。他回答说，“这种棺材终生保修”。

【词汇讲解】

1.funeral葬礼。Many friends attended the old lady's funeral.很多朋友参加那老妇人的葬礼。