Hasty Interruption
The fine-furniture store where I work has been in business since the 1920s.Recently I received a call from a woman who wanted to replace some chairs from a dining set purchased from us in the 1930s.I assured her we could help and sought the assistance of the office manager. “You‘ll never believe this one, ” I told him.” I just got a call from a customer who bought some chairs from us in the 1930s. “
Before I could finish repeating her request, he interrupted and said, “Don‘t tell me she hasn‘t received them yet!”
翻译:
草率的中断
我所工作的精品商店是从二十年代以来就营业的。最近我接到一个妇女的电话。她想换一套餐具中的一些椅子。这套餐具她是在三十年代从我们这儿买的。我向她保证说我们可以帮忙并向部门经理提了出来。“你永远也不会相信，”我对他说，“我刚接到一个顾客的电话，她在三十年代从我们这里买了一些椅子。” 我还没来得及说她的要求，经理就打断了我的话：“不要告诉我她到现在还没收到货！”
Great news
Tom: Great news, teacher says we have a test today come rain or shine.
John: So what‘s great about that?
Tom: It‘s snowing outside!
翻译:
好消息
汤姆：好消息，老师说今天不管下雨还是天晴我们都要考试。
约翰：那有什么好高兴的？
汤姆：因为现在外面在下雪！
*come rain or shine是指“不管发生什么情况”，相当于我们所说的“风雨无阻”。而汤姆以为是指下雨和天晴两种情况下需要考试。
How can you make so many mistakes in just one day?
Teacher: How can you make so many mistakes in just one day?
Pupil: I get up early!
翻译:
为什么你一天里能犯那么多错！
老师：为什么你一天里能犯那么多错！
学生：谁让我起得早呢！
A Talk on the Phone
I teach computer courses, and my students often call me at home with questions. One morning I was on the phone, explaining in computer language the solution to a problem, while a repairman was fixing my refrigerator. After an endless stream of “C colon, back- slash, greater than, cd, backslash, DOS, 0 colon” and so on, I hung up and found the repairman staring at me. “Lady,” he asked, are you a spy?”
电话交谈
我教计算机课程，我的学生经常打电话到我家问我问题。一天早晨，我在电话里用计算机语言解释一个问题的答案，当时一个维修工正在给我修电冰箱。经过一连串的“C冒号，回车，大于号，CD，回车，DOS，C冒号”等等，我挂上电话发现那位维修工在盯着我。“女士，”他问，“你是个间谍吗？”
