Tax's For The Dead

时间：2008-01-23 01:39:11

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A Brooklyn lawyer, a used car salesman and a banker were gathered by a coffin¹ containing the body of an old friend.

In his grief², one of the three said, "In my family, we have a custom of giving the dead some money, so they?ll have something to pay tax's over there."

They all agreed that this was appropriate³.

The banker dropped a hundred dollar bill into the casket and walked away in tears.

The car salesman did the same.

The lawyer looked around and seeing no one was near the coffin, he took out the bills and wrote a check for $300.

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1 coffin
n.棺材，灵柩
参考例句：
When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。 The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

2 grief
n.悲伤，悲痛，悲伤的事，悲痛的缘由
参考例句：
Don't allow yourself to sink into grief,it can do no good.不要使自己陷入悲哀之中，这样一点好处也没有。 After her mother died,she abandoned herself to grief.母亲死后，她沉浸于悲痛之中。

3 appropriate
adj.适当的，合适的；v.拨出，挪用，盗用
参考例句：
It is appropriate that he should get the post.由他担任这一职务是恰当的。 We should take appropriate measures to improve our teaching.我们应当采取适当的措施提高教学质量。