特色口語串串香(83)東奔西走

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有人請法師為剛?cè)ナ赖母赣H祈禱,送父親的靈魂上西天。
    第「1」串:koradji 法師,巫師
    I don't believe what the koradji has said. It is nothing but superstition.
    法師索價(jià)一百元,他認(rèn)為太貴了,說:“八十元可以吧?”法師同意了,于是面向東方禱告:“請靈魂上天吧。”
    第「2」串:go to the other side 上西天
    He died yesterday and people said that he would go to the other side to enjoy his life.
    “不對呀,”他連忙指正,“西天在西,向西邊禱告才是?!薄斑@有什么辦法?”法師無可奈何地說,“上西天要一百元,八十元只能上東天。”
    第「3」串:have no alternative 別無選擇,無可奈何
    I have no alternative but to wait until she comes.
    那人聽了連忙補(bǔ)足一百元。法師這才轉(zhuǎn)身面向西邊道:“請靈魂上西天極樂世界去吧!”
    第「4」串:Pure Land 極樂世界
    People in this village all believe that people who die would go to a Pure Land.
    此時(shí),棺材里面忽然發(fā)出憤怒的叫聲:“你這不孝的小子,為了節(jié)省二十元,害得我東奔西走,不得安寧!”
    第「5」串:coffin 棺材
    This kind of substance is used to keep the body in the coffin from getting rotten.