When Jimmy was a boy, he always liked watches and clocks very much. When he was eighteen years old, he went into the army, and after a year, he began to teach himself to mend watches. A lot of his friends brought him broken watches, and he mended them for them.
吉米小的时候，就非常喜欢手表和钟表。等他18岁的时候，他参了军，一年以后，他开始自学修手表。他的许多朋友给他带来坏手表，他就给他们修好。
Then his captain heard about this, and one day he brought him a watch too and said, “My watch has stopped. Can you mend it for me, please?”
后来他的上尉听说了这件事，有一天，他也给他拿来了一块手表，说：“我的手表停了。请给我修一下，好吗？”
Jimmy said, “Yes, sir, I can.” After a few days, he brought the watch back to the captain.
吉米说：“好的，长官，我可以修。”几天以后，他把手表带回到上尉那儿。
“How much do I owe you?” the officer asked.
“我该付给你多少钱？”军官问。
“One pound, sir,” Jimmy answered. Then he took a small box out of his pocket and gave it to the captain, saying, “Here are three wheels from your watch. I didn’t find a place for them when I put everything back.”
“一英镑，长官，”吉米回答。然后他从口袋里拿出一个小盒子来，给了上尉，说：“这是你手表里的三个齿轮。我把零件都装回去的时候，没有找到地方安装它们。”
