Hanging in the hallway at Whites High School in Wabash, Ind., and the basketball team pictures from the past 40 years. A player in the center of the front row in each picture holds a basketball identifying the year – “62-63”, “63-64”, “64-65”, etc.

One day I spotted a freshman looking curiously at the photos. Turning to me, he said, “Isn‘t it strange how the teams always lost by one point?”

翻譯：

位于印第安那州瓦巴西的懷茲中學，其門廳里懸掛著過去四十年間樣籃球隊的照片。每幅照片前排中間的隊員舉著一個籃球，上面標明年份－“62-63”，“63-64”，“64-65”等等。

一天，我看到一個新生很困惑地看著照片。他朝我轉過身來，說道：“多奇怪呀，這些隊都是以一分之差輸掉的！”

Traveler: Can I catch the three o‘clock train to Toronto?

Ticket agent: That depends on how fast you can run. It left fifteen minutes ago.

翻譯：

旅行者：我還能趕上3點鐘那班到多倫多的火車嗎？

售票員：那得看你跑得有多快。火車15分鐘前開出。