An old lady who was very deaf and who thought everything too dear, went into a shop and asked the shopman: "How much this stuff?"
一位耳聾并且總是嫌?xùn)|西太貴的老太太走進一家商店。 她問店員:“這東西要多少錢?”
"Seven dollars, Madam, it is very cheap." The lady said, "It is too much, give it to me for fourteen." "I did not say seventeen dollars, but seven."
“七美元,太太,這是很便宜的。” 老太太說:“太貴了,十四美元差不多。” 店員忙說:“我沒說十七美元,是七美元。”
"It is still too much," replied the old lady, "give it to me for five."
“還是太貴,”老太太說:“五美元,我就買啦。”