Joe Richard finished school when he was 18, and then his father said to him, “You’ve passed your examinations now, Joe, and you got good marks in them. Now go and get some good work. They’re looking for clever people at the bank in the town. The clerks there get quite a lot of money now.”
乔·理查德18岁的时候从学校毕业，然后他的爸爸对他说：“现在你已经通过考试了，乔，而且在考试中你得到了好的分数。现在去找些好工作吧。镇上的银行里再寻找一些聪明的人。现在那儿的职员能拿到许多钱。”
A few days later, Joe went to the bank and asked for work there. A man took him into a small room and gave him some papers, and then he gave them to the man.
几天以后，乔去了这家银行，要求在那儿工作。一个男子把他带到一个小房间，给了他一些文件，之后，他把它们给了那个人。
The man looked at them for a few minutes, and then he took a pen and said to Joe, “Your birthday was on the 12th of June, Mr Richard?”
那个人看了几分钟，然后他拿起一支钢笔对乔说：“理查德先生，你的生日是在6月12日吗？”
“Yes, sir,” Joe said.
“是的，先生，”乔说。
“What year?” the man asked.
“哪一年呢？”那个人问。
“Oh, every year, sir, “ Joe said.
“哦，每一年，先生，”乔说。
