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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
The implied meaning of the underlined phrase
The implied meaning of the underlined phrase
The sentence below comes from SAT Power Vocab.
https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=GQUm_kVn80AC&pg=PA141&dq=%22Every+year,+of+tourists+travel+to+Graceland%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcnZ3C_eLJAhUQ2WMKHeF9BrgQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=%22Every%20year%2C%20thousands%20of%20tourists%20travel%20to%20Graceland%22&f=false
Every year, thousands of tourists travel to Graceland to pay homage to Elvis Presley; thousands more stay home and, pay homage to him in their local supermarkets and pizza parlors, where they catch glimpses of him ducking into the men's room or peering through the windows.
This sentence seems to be humorous.
But I'm not sure why this sentence is humorous.
How Elvis can duck into the men's room or peer through the windows, and what is it that makes it so humorous?
Regards.
The sentence below comes from SAT Power Vocab.
https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=GQUm_kVn80AC&pg=PA141&dq=%22Every+year,+of+tourists+travel+to+Graceland%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcnZ3C_eLJAhUQ2WMKHeF9BrgQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=%22Every%20year%2C%20thousands%20of%20tourists%20travel%20to%20Graceland%22&f=false
Every year, thousands of tourists travel to Graceland to pay homage to Elvis Presley; thousands more stay home and, pay homage to him in their local supermarkets and pizza parlors, where they catch glimpses of him ducking into the men's room or peering through the windows.
This sentence seems to be humorous.
But I'm not sure why this sentence is humorous.
How Elvis can duck into the men's room or peer through the windows, and what is it that makes it so humorous?
Regards.
Top answer
Elvis is dead, but there are a large number of people who think he didn't really die. So there are "Elvis sightings" when people claim they have seen him. The men they see who (in their mind) look so much like Elvis that it MUST be Elvis are doing things men do - using the restroom, walking past windows, etc.
- Elvis is dead, but there are a large number of people who think he didn't really die.
- So there are "Elvis sightings" when people claim they have seen him.
- The men they see who (in their mind) look so much like Elvis that it MUST be Elvis are doing things men do - using the restroom, walking past windows, etc.
- The writer of this passage is making fun of the people who believe they saw the "real" Elvis, alive and well and getting a pizza.
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Elvis is dead, but there are a large number of people who think he didn't really die. So there are "Elvis sightings" when people claim they have seen him. The men they see who (in their mind) look so much like Elvis that it MUST be Elvis are doing things men do - using the restroom, walking past windows, etc. The writer of this passage is making fun of the people who believe they saw the "real" El
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Thanks a lot, BarbaraPA.
Your reply made me have a big laugh about the passage in question.
Your reply made me have a big laugh about the passage in question.
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