約翰終于要離開(kāi)精神病院了,他的治療漫長(zhǎng)而痛苦。他接受注射的同時(shí)還接受電擊,并且他勇敢地經(jīng)受了許多冷水浴,現(xiàn)在所有這一切都要結(jié)束了,如果他通過(guò)最后的測(cè)試的話。
A:Sit down,please,John.
約翰,請(qǐng)坐。
B:But I am rather nervous for I have no idea what the test is going to be like.
但是我有些緊張,因?yàn)槲也恢罍y(cè)試會(huì)是怎樣的。
A:Now,my dear fellow,suppose I'll just tell you what happened in one of the streets of London last Sunday and you will tell me what's wrong with my story I
現(xiàn)在,我親愛(ài)的伙計(jì),我就要給你講一件上星期天發(fā)生在倫敦一條街道上的事情,然后你要告訴我我講的故事有什么錯(cuò)!
B:OK.
好吧。
A:A motor-cyclist crashed into a bus,was knocked off his seat and lay unconscious in the roadway. A tram that happened to be passing cut his head off. A member of the Salvation Army who~sorry for the fellow picked up his head and the body too, took them to a chemist's,bought some adhesive plaster, stuck the head in its place, put the plaster round the fellow's neck and the two chaps went to a club for a game of billiards.
一個(gè)騎摩托車的人撞上了一輛公共汽車,他被撞倒了,昏迷不醒,躺在路上。一輛電車恰好路過(guò)把他的頭碾了下來(lái)。一個(gè)救世軍的成員可憐那個(gè)家伙,就撿起他的頭和身軀,拿到一家藥店,買了些橡皮膏,把頭接上,用橡皮膏在那家伙的脖子上纏了幾圈,然后這兩個(gè)人一起到一家俱樂(lè)部玩臺(tái)球去了。
B:I got you there,Lhat's sheer nonsense!
我知道是怎么回事了,那純粹是一派胡言!
A:(Happily ) 1-Iow do you know
(高興地)你怎么知道?
B:Chemist's and all other shops are shut on Sundays,aren't they?
藥店和其他所有商店星期天都不開(kāi)門(mén),不是嗎?