Before setting off on a business trip, I called the hotel where I'd be staying to see if they had a gym. The hotel operator's sigh had a tinge of exasperation in it. “We have over 300 guests at this facility,” she said. “Does this Jim have a last name?”
我在出差以前給我要去住的旅館打電話,問問他們是不是有g(shù)ym(健身房)。旅館接線員的嘆息聲帶著輕度的惱怒,她說:“我們這里有三百多個旅客。你這個吉姆姓什么?”