幽默小故事
湖北省武漢市張恒選譯
A famous scientist was on his way to yet another lecture when his driver offered an idea.“Hey,boss,I’ve heard your speech many times.I bet I could do it and give you the night off.”
“Sounds great.”the scientist said.
When they got to the hall,the scientist put on the driver’s hat and settled in the back row. The driver walked to the lectern and gave the speech.Afterward he asked if there were any questions.
“Yes,”said one professor.Then he asked a highly technical question.
The driver was panic stricken for a moment but quickly recovered.“That’s an easy one,”he replied,“So easy,I’m going to let my driver answer it.”
一位著名的科學家正在去往另一場演講的路上,這時,他的司機出了個主意:“老板,我聽您的講座聽了很多次了,我敢打賭我能講好,這樣您今晚就能休息了。”“聽起來不錯。”科學家說道。當他們到達禮堂的時候,科學家戴著司機的帽子,坐在最后一排。司機走上講臺發表演講。演講結束后,他問大家有沒有什么問題。“有!”一位教授答道。然后他問了一個高難度的技術問題。司機有片刻的驚慌失措,但是他很快就恢復過來。“這個問題很簡單,”他答道,“如此簡單,就讓我的司機來回答吧。”
A dog owner claimed that his pet,when given money,would go to the news stall to buy a paper.His friend handed the dog some money to make it sure.The dog went off,but an hour later he had still not returned with the paper.
“How much did you give him?”asked the owner.
“Five dollars.”
“Well,that explains it.When you give him five dollars,he goes to a movie.”
一個狗的主人說他的寵物收到錢會跑到報攤買份報紙。他的朋友為了證實這件事,給了這只狗一些錢。狗離開了,但是過了一個小時還沒有把報紙買回來。
“你給了它多少錢?”主人問道。
“五美元。”
“這樣的話就說得通了。當你給它五美元的時候,它會去看場電影。”