【生词预览】

elate使高兴，calendar日历

【笑话原文】

Tomorrow

I was elated when my son called me from Japan with the wonderful news of my grandson’s birth. I took down all the statistics and turned to relate it all to my co-workers. “I’m a grandmother!” I declared. “It’s a baby boy, and he weighs seven pounds.”

“When was he born?” someone asked. Recalling the date my son told me, I stopped, looked at the calendar and said in amazement,“Tomorrow!”

【中文译文】

明天我要当奶奶了

当我儿子从日本打电话来告诉我关于我的孙子出生的喜讯的时候，我非常兴奋。我把所有的数据都记下来，告诉我的同事们。我宣布说：“我当奶奶了!是个男孩，七磅重。”有人问：“他是什么时候生的?”看了一下我儿子给我的日期，我顿住了，看了看日历，用讶异的语气说：“明天!”

【词汇讲解】

1. elate使高兴。Her success elated the family.她的成功使全家人兴高采烈。

2. calendar日历。也有“日程表”的意思： The presidential elections are the highlight of next year's political calendar.总统选举是明年政治日程表上的大事。