幽默笑話精粹79：很高興認識你

During World War Two, a lot of young women in Britain were in the army. Joan Phillips was one of them. She worked in a big camp, and of course met a lot of men, officers and soldiers.

第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，英國的許多青年婦女在軍中服役。瓊·菲利普斯就是其中的一個。她在一個大軍營里工作，自然結(jié)識了許多男人，既有軍官，又有士兵。

One evening she met Captain Humphrey at a dance. He said to her, "I' m going abroad tomorrow, but I'd be very happy if we could write to each other.” Joan agreed, and they wrote for several months.

一天晚上，她在舞會上認識了漢弗萊茲上尉。他對她說:“明天我將出國，如果我們能相互通信，我將非常高興。”瓊同意了。他們書信來往，數(shù)月不斷。

Then his letters stopped, but she received one from another officer, telling her that he had been wounded and was in a certain army hospital in England.

后來他的來信中斷了，但她收到另一位軍官的來信，信中告訴她漢弗萊茲受了傷，現(xiàn)住在英國某陸軍醫(yī)院里。

Joan went there and said to the matron, "I've come to visit captain Humphrey.”

瓊找到那家醫(yī)院，對護士長說:“我來探望漢弗萊茲上尉。”

Only relatives are allowed to visit patients here," the matron said.

“這里只允許親屬探望病人。”護士長說。

“Oh, that' s all right，”answered Joan." I'm his sister.”

“哦，那好吧，”瓊回答說:“我是他妹妹。”

"I’m very pleased to meet you ,”the matron said，"I' m his mother!”

“很高興認識你，”護士長說:“我是他的母親。”