The First Day as a Taxi Driver

　　A taxi passenger tapped the driver on the  shoulder to ask him a question. The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the footpath, and stopped centimertres from a shop window.

　　The driver said, "Look, mate, don't ever do that again. You scared the daylights out of me!" The passenger apologized and said, "I didn't realize that a little tap would scare you so much." The driver replied, "Sorry, it's not really your fault. Today is my first day as a cab driver. I've been driving a funeral van for the last 25 years."

Notes

（1）scare/frighten the daylights out of sb.  把某人吓一大跳

翻译：

　　乘客轻拍了一下出租车司机的肩膀，想问个问题。司机大叫起来，车也失去了控制，几乎撞上一辆公车，还上了便道，在还差几厘米就撞上商店橱窗时终于停了下来。

　　司机说：“伙计，别再这么干了。你把我吓破胆了！”乘客抱歉地说：“我没想到拍你一下就把你吓成这样。”司机说：“对不起，也不全是你的错。今天是我第一天开出租车，以前25年里我一直开殡葬车。”