Miss Green had a heavy cupboard in her bedroom. Last Sunday she said, “I don’t like this cupboard in my bedroom. The bedroom’s very small, and the cupboard’s very big. I’m going to put it in a bigger room.” But the cupboard was very heavy, and Miss Green was not very strong. She went to two of her neighbours and said, “Please carry the cupboard for me.” Then she went and made some tea for them.
格林小姐卧室里有一个很重的橱柜。上星期天，她说：“我不喜欢我卧室的这个橱柜。卧室非常小，而橱柜非常大。我要把它放在一个大的房间里。”但是橱柜非常重，格林小姐不太有劲。她去找了她的两个邻居，说：“请帮我搬一下这个橱柜。”然后她给他们沏茶去了。
The two men carried the heavy cupboard out of Miss Green’s bedroom and came to the stairs. One of them was in front of the cupboard, and the other was behind it. They pushed and pulled for a long time, and then they put the cupboard down.
这两个男子把重橱柜抬出了格林小姐的卧室，来到了楼梯。其中一人在橱柜的前面，另一个在后面。他们又推又拉，折腾了好长时间，然后他们把橱柜放下来。
“Well,” one of the men said to the other, “we’re never going to get this cupboard upstairs.”
“唉，”其中一人对另一个人说，“我们永远也没法把这个橱柜搬到楼上去了。”
“Upstairs?” the other man said. “Aren’t we taking it downstairs?”
“到楼上？”另一个人说。“我们不是要把它搬到楼下去吗？”
