英文幽默笑话：Cheap price for a horse

 After his beloved horse died, a man wanted to place an ad in the newspaper like this: Horse saddle and bridle¹ for $50. 

　　一个人衷爱的马死了，他打算在报上登则广告如下：50元卖马鞍和马缰绳。 

　　Inadvertently the paper added a comma to the ad, which read instead:Horse, saddle and bridle for $50. 

　　无意中报纸在广告语中加了个逗号，读起来成这样了，50元卖马，马鞍和马缰绳。 

　　Immediately someone responded to the ad, That''s an awfully² cheap price for a horse, said the caller, What''s wrong with your horse? 

　　马上就有人询问这则广告，这马的价格真是太便宜了 

　　询问者说，马有什么毛病吗？ 

　　Well, he is dead, replied the man who placed the erroneously typed ad. 

　　哦，它是死的，安排这条误入的广告的人回答道。 

1 bridle   

n.笼头，束缚；vt.抑制，约束；动怒

参考例句：

• He learned to bridle his temper.他学会了控制脾气。
• I told my wife to put a bridle on her tongue.我告诉妻子说话要谨慎。

2 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。