One morning, as the fishing fleet passed by on its way out to sea, a boat came too close to our ship. A Marine held up a sign warning the captain to stay away, and he complied. The next day, the boat was back. This time, the fisherman held something. The nervous Marine pointed to his rifle. The fisherman lifted the object and unfurled it, revealing a sign of his own. It read “Your Sign Was Upside Down.”
一天早上,當(dāng)漁船隊(duì)出海的時(shí)候,一條船離我們的船太近了。一個(gè)海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)隊(duì)員舉起一個(gè)標(biāo)志,警告船長(zhǎng)離遠(yuǎn)一點(diǎn),他照辦了。第二天,那條船回來(lái)了。這一次,那個(gè)漁民手里拿著什么東西。這個(gè)海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)員緊張地舉起槍對(duì)著他。那個(gè)漁民把手里的東西舉起來(lái),并且打開(kāi)。那是他自己的一個(gè)標(biāo)志,上面寫(xiě)著:“昨天你的標(biāo)志拿倒了。”