标题 | 外国幽默小说——你应当多学些礼貌 |
正文 | 外国幽默小说——你应当多学些礼貌 英文原版 you should learn to be more polite One day, Bill and Tom went to a restaurant for dinner. As soon as the waiter took out two steaks, Bill quickly picked out the bigger steak for himself . Tom wasn’t happy about that: “when are you going to learn to be polite?” Bill : “if you had the chance to pick first , which one would you pick?” Tom : “the smaller piece , of course.” Bill : “what are you whining about then ? the smaller piece is what you want right ?” 译文/柏毓 你应当多学些礼貌 有一天,比尔和汤姆一起去餐馆吃饭。当侍者端两个牛排摆在饭桌时,比尔毫不犹疑,迅雷不及掩耳,风驰电掣般地为自己遴选出最大的块,放在自己地盘里。 见此情景汤姆很不高兴,谴责比尔道:“你打算什么时候学会礼貌啊?” 比尔看一眼汤姆,发现他对自己挑选不满意,从而就不吝指教:“如果你有机会选择,你会首先挑哪一块?” 汤姆委曲求全地斜眼回答:“当然是最小的那块。” 比尔连忙顺毛捋驴很得意顺理成章地说:“那你还抱怨什么?我留给你最小的那块就是您想要的,对吗?” 编者按:希望他人完美无瑕,往往忽略自己龌龊的心里。 |
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