Ted worked in a factory in a big town. He liked fishing very much, and was very good at it. Whenever he was free, he went down to the small river behind the factory and tried to catch some fish, but there were very few there, because the water was dirty. Then one summer he went to the seaside during his holidays, and stayed at a small, cheap hotel.
泰德在一个大城镇的一家工厂上班。他非常喜欢钓鱼，而且也非常擅长。每当他空闲的时候，就到工厂后面的那条小河去，试图抓几条鱼，但是那儿的鱼非常少，因为水很脏。后来一个夏天，他在假期期间去了海边，住在一个便宜的小旅馆里。
“I’ve never fished in the sea before,” he thought. “It will be rather different from fishing in our river.”
“我以前从来没有在海里钓过鱼，”他心想。“这跟在我们的河里钓鱼会完全不同。”
On the first day he caught a lot of fish and was very happy. He gave them to the hotel, and they cooked them for all the guests, and they enjoyed them very much. After that, he did this every day. But when Ted got his bill at the end of the week, he saw on it:
在第一天，他抓到了许多鱼，非常高兴。他把鱼给了旅馆，他们做熟了，给所有的客人吃，他们都非常喜欢。在那之后，他每天都那样做。但是一周结束，泰德拿到他的账单的时候，他看见上面写着：
“For oil to fry fish (7 days): ￡3.50.”
“煎鱼用油（7天）：3.50英镑。”
