英文笑话：A Pledge 誓约
英语课
Grandpa was celebrating his 100th birthday, and everyone was complimenting 1 him on how well he looked.
"I'll tell you the secret," he said. "My wife and I were married seventy-five years ago. On our wedding night we made a pledge 2 that whenever we had a fight, the one who was proved wrong would go out and take a walk. I have been in the open air continuously for the past seventy-five years.
爷爷过一百岁生日，大家都祝贺他，说他看上去很健康。
“我来告诉你们这里的秘密，”他说，“我和妻子结婚七十五年了。在新婚之夜我们订了一个誓约，那就是无论我们什么时候发生争吵，谁被证明是错了的，谁就到外面去散一圈步。我已经在外面一直呆了七十五年了。”
v.表扬，恭维( compliment的现在分词 )
- They embarrassed her by complimenting her on her beauty. 他们恭维她的美貌使她很不好意思。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Here are a few magazine articles complimenting our products. 这是些称赞我们产品的杂志文章。 来自辞典例句