英文笑话：A Pledge 誓约

Grandpa was celebrating his 100th birthday, and everyone was complimenting¹ 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 pledge² 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。”

1 complimenting   

v.表扬，恭维( compliment的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• 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

2 pledge   

n.保证，誓言，抵押，抵押品；vt.保证，誓言，举杯祝...健康

参考例句：

• Take this ring as a pledge of our friendship.收下这枚戒指当作我们友谊的信物。
• The old man is willing to pledge for him.那位老人愿意为他担保。