I was scolding our pastor for his habit of starting church services five or ten minutes late. I mentioned that in my years with the Air Force, when the general scheduled us to take off at 0700 hours, he didn't mean 0705 or 0710. The pastor smiled at me and said, “My general outranks your general.”
我正在斥責(zé)我們的牧師,因?yàn)樗亩Y拜總是推遲五分鐘到十分鐘才開始。我說(shuō),我在空軍這么多年,如果將軍說(shuō)七點(diǎn)鐘起飛,那絕不是七點(diǎn)零五分或者七點(diǎn)十分起飛。牧師對(duì)我笑一笑說(shuō):“我的將軍比你的將軍地位高?!?