Bruce was an Australian and worked for a newspaper in Sydney. Then he thought, “I want to see Europe, so I’ll go to England and work for a newspaper there for a few years.”
布鲁斯是一个澳大利亚人，他在悉尼的一家报社上班。后来他想：“我想看看欧洲，因此我要去英国，在那儿的一家报社干几年。”
He flew to London and soon got work, because he was good at his job.
他飞到伦敦，不久就找到了工作，因为他的工作很在行。
He lived in a small but comfortable house near London, and he had a small garden. He enjoyed working in it on Saturdays and Sundays. He had nice neighbours on both sides, and they often worked in their gardens on Saturdays and Sundays too, and then they talked and joked together.
他住在伦敦附近一个很小但很舒适的房子里，他有一个小花园。星期六和星期天，他喜欢在花园里干活。他的两边都有很好的邻居，他们在星期六和星期天也经常在花园里干活，于是他们就一起说话，开玩笑。
One day he was digging a hole in his garden to plant a bush when one of these neighbours came to the fence between the two gardens and looked at Bruce’s work. He laughed and said, “Are you making a swimming-pool?”
一天，他正在花园里挖一个坑，要栽一株灌木，这时他的邻居中有一个来到了花园中间的篱笆，看布鲁斯干活。他大笑起来，说道：“你在挖一个游泳池吗？”
“Oh, no,” answered Bruce, “I’m going home.”
“哦，不是，”布鲁斯回答，“我在回家呢。”
