At a large public dinner, a woman found herself seated between a parson and a rabbi. Determined to be witty, she remarked with a bright smile: "I feel as though I were a leaf between the Old and the New Testaments."
To which the parson observed: "That page, madam, is usually a blank!"
在一個盛大的公開宴會裡，一位女士發現她坐在一位牧師和一位拉比(猶太教的法師)的中間，為了要表現她的口才智慧，她自作聰明地笑道：「我覺得我好像是夾在舊約和新約中間的那一頁。」牧師聽了說：「那一頁，夫人，通常是空白的！」
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認識生字：
1. dinner A formal party at which dinner is served. 餐宴。
片語：at dinner正在用餐。
慣用語：dinner hour【英】(學校)正餐時間。
dinner coat無燕尾的晚禮服。(= tuxedo)
dinner jacket無燕尾的晚禮服。(= tuxedo)
dinner party宴會；聚餐會。
dinner theater (餐後有戲劇表演的)餐館劇院。
dinner wagon帶腳輪的送菜車。
相關字：adj. dinnerless.
2. parson
A clergyman in charge of a parish. 教區牧師。
Any minister or preacher. 【俚】牧師；傳教士。
慣用語：parson’s nose【俚】(煮過的)雞等的臀部肉。
3. rabbi (複數: rabbis)Master; teacher; in Jewish usage, a doctor, or interpreter, of the law; esp. one ordained to deal with questions of law and ritual. 猶太教之法學博士；(尤指被任命處理法律與教儀等問題的)猶太教士；老師；先生。
4. remark
To notice something and comment thereon. 觀察且加以評論((on; upon))。
To utter briefly and casually講述；發言((on; upon))。
(過去式: remarked; 過去完成式: remarked; 現在進行式: remarking)
例句：He remarked that it was time to go. 他說此時該走了。
片語：make a remark發表一點意見。
pass a remark on就...發言。
5. leaf (複數: leaves) A single sheet of a book. 書頁。
片語：come into leaf (= leaf out) 開始長葉。
in leaf長出葉子；被葉覆蓋。
take a leaf out of (from) sb’s book (非正式用法)模仿(某人)。
turn (over) a new leaf (非正式用法)改過自新。
慣用語：leaf bud【植】葉芽。
leaf hopper【蟲】葉蟬。
leaf mou(l)d (園藝)腐葉土；【植】葉黴(害葉菌類)。
leaf spring【機】板片彈簧。
6. Testaments Either of the two parts of the Bible, the Old Testament and the New Testament. (聖經的)新約或舊約。
慣用語：the New Testament聖經新約。
the Old Testament聖經舊約。
7. observe To remark. 陳述((to))。
(過去式: observed; 過去完成式: observed; 現在進行式: observing)
例句：She observed that we were already late. 她說我們已經遲到了。
片語：the observed of all observers眾目的焦點的。(語出Shakespeare的Hamlet)。
相關字：n. observer. 同義字： commemorate.
8. blank Any empty space. 空白；空地。
例句：His mind is a blank. 他的心中一片空白。
片語：draw a blank (a)抽到空籤；失敗。(b)想不起來。
in blank留空白以便填寫的；空白式的。
blank cartridge空包彈。
blank check空白支票；未填寫金額的簽名支票。
相關字：adv. blankly. n. blankness.