One day, he went to another city by train to visit a friend. He was a busy man and he often forgot something. 一天,他坐火車去另一個城市,要在那兒探望一個朋友。他是一個很忙的人,經常會忘記一些事情。
When he got on the train, the conductor wanted to have a look at his ticket. Mark Twain looked around but he couldn’t find it.
當他上了火車,列車員要看他的車票時,馬克#8226;吐溫到處找票,但是沒找著。
The conductor said, “If you can’t find it, it doesn’t matter. Show me your ticket when you come back.” 這位列車員認識馬克#8226;吐溫,她說:“如果你找不到,也沒什么關系的。等你回來時,讓我看看你的票。”
“Oh, no!” Mark Twain said, “If I can’t find it, how can I know where I am going?”“噢,不可以,”馬克#8226;吐溫說,“我必須找到車票,如果我找不到它,我怎么知道我去哪兒啊?”
1. Once, Mark Twain, a famous American writer, wants to go to a town. Before going there, someone advises him not to go. “There are so many mosquitoes.” “It doesn’t matter. We are not relatives.” 一次,美國著名作家馬克#8226;吐溫要去一個小鎮。臨行前,有人勸他別去。“那里的蚊子特別多。” “沒關系,我和蚊子沒有親戚關系。”
2. Unfortunately, he meets a mosquito’s harassment when he checks in at a hotel in the town. The attendant feels ashamed.誰知,他來到小鎮登記房間時,就遇到了一只死攪蠻纏的蚊子。旅館員工感到慚愧。
3. But Mark Twain makes a humorous remark that the attendant bursts into laughter. “The mosquito is so smart. It watches me check in so that it can call on me in the evening.” 但馬克吐溫很幽默地說了一句話,逗得旅館員工哈哈大笑。“這蚊子也真夠聰明的,竟會事先看我登記房間,以便晚上拜訪我。”
4. This evening Mark Twain sleeps soundly. The staff turned out to drive off all the mosquitoes together. 這一夜,馬克#8226;吐溫睡得很香甜。原來,旅館員工一齊出動,把蚊子全轟跑了。