Hospitality 好客

The hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple pie without any cheese.

The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest's plate.

The visitor smiled, put the cheese into his mouth and then said:“You must have better eyes than your mother, sonny. Where did you find the cheese?”

“In the rat-trap, sir,”replied the boy.

【注釋】

apologize /??p?l?d?a?z/ v. 道歉；謝罪

unexpected /??n?k?spekt?d/ adj. 出乎意料的；始料不及的

rat-trap /?r?ttr??p/ n. 捕鼠籠；捕鼠器；捕鼠夾

【譯文】

只能為不速之客提供蘋(píng)果派而沒(méi)有奶酪了，女主人因此表示歉意。

這家的小男孩悄悄地離開(kāi)了屋子。過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，他拿著一片奶酪回到房間，并把奶酪放在客人的盤(pán)子里。

客人微笑著把奶酪放進(jìn)嘴里說(shuō)：“孩子，你的眼睛就是比你媽媽的好。你在哪里找到的奶酪？”

“在捕鼠夾上，先生。”小男孩回答道。