小故事

Congratulations
恭喜升天
For a long time Dr. Jackson had wanted to get a permanent job in a certain big modern hospital, and at last he was successful. He was appointed to the position that he wanted, and he and his wife moved into a new house. The day after they moved in, however, some beautiful flowers were delivered with a note which said, "In deepest sympathy."
杰克逊医生很久以来就想在一所大医院里谋个永久职位。他终于成功，得到了朝思暮想的那个位置，并且和妻子搬进了新居所。第二天有人送来一束美丽的鲜花，附在花上的字条写着：“致以深切的慰问。”
Naturally, Dr. Jackson was annoyed to receive such a note, and he telephoned the shop which had sent the flowers to find out what the note meant.
当然，杰克逊医生收到这个异常的字条很不高兴，他打了个电话给花店，问问这字条是怎么搞的。
When the owner of the shop heard what had happened, he apologized to Dr. Jackson for having made the mistake. "But what really worries me," he added, "is that the flowers that should have gone to you were sent to a funeral with a card that said, 'Congratulations on your new position.'"
花店老板听到此事后，就为此错误向杰克逊医生赔礼道歉。他还补充说：“但更让我担忧的是那束本来该送到您府上的花却被错送到一个葬礼上去了，随花送去的字条写着‘恭喜高升’。”

念念不忘：
One misfortune rides upon another's back.
祸不单行。/屋漏偏逢连夜雨。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. be appointed to
被任命；
eg. She was appointed to a professorship in Economics at Princeton.
她获聘为普林斯顿大学经济学教授。
eg. He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.
他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。
2. find out
（尤指特意通过努力）发现，找出，查明；
eg. He took a peep at the back of the book to find out the answers to the questions.
他偷偷看了一下书的后面，想找出那些问题的答案。
eg. We'd better find out how the land lies before taking any action.
我们最好把情况弄清楚再采取行动。
3. apologize to sb.
向某人道歉；
eg. It's imperative that you apologize to him immediately.
你必须立即向他道歉。
eg. He had the grace to apologize to me for the insulting remark.
由于说话失礼，他通情达理地向我道了歉。