Hasty Interruption

The fine-furniture store where I work has been in business since the 1920s.Recently I received a call from a woman who wanted to replace some chairs from a dining set purchased from us in the 1930s.I assured her we could help and sought the assistance of the office manager. “You‘ll never believe this one, ” I told him.” I just got a call from a customer who bought some chairs from us in the 1930s. “　　
Before I could finish repeating her request, he interrupted and said, “Don‘t tell me she hasn‘t received them yet!”

翻譯:

草率的中斷

我所工作的精品商店是從二十年代以來就營業的。最近我接到一個婦女的電話。她想換一套餐具中的一些椅子。這套餐具她是在三十年代從我們這兒買的。我向她保證說我們可以幫忙并向部門經理提了出來。“你永遠也不會相信，”我對他說，“我剛接到一個顧客的電話，她在三十年代從我們這里買了一些椅子。” 我還沒來得及說她的要求，經理就打斷了我的話：“不要告訴我她到現在還沒收到貨！”

Great news

Tom: Great news, teacher says we have a test today come rain or shine.

John: So what‘s great about that?

Tom: It‘s snowing outside!

翻譯:

好消息

湯姆：好消息，老師說今天不管下雨還是天晴我們都要考試。

約翰：那有什么好高興的？

湯姆：因為現在外面在下雪！

*come rain or shine是指“不管發生什么情況”，相當于我們所說的“風雨無阻”。而湯姆以為是指下雨和天晴兩種情況下需要考試。

How can you make so many mistakes in just one day?

Teacher: How can you make so many mistakes in just one day?

Pupil: I get up early!

翻譯:

為什么你一天里能犯那么多錯！

老師：為什么你一天里能犯那么多錯！

學生：誰讓我起得早呢！

A Talk on the Phone

I teach computer courses, and my students often call me at home with questions. One morning I was on the phone, explaining in computer language the solution to a problem, while a repairman was fixing my refrigerator. After an endless stream of “C colon, back- slash, greater than, cd, backslash, DOS, 0 colon” and so on, I hung up and found the repairman staring at me. “Lady,” he asked, are you a spy?”

電話交談

我教計算機課程，我的學生經常打電話到我家問我問題。一天早晨，我在電話里用計算機語言解釋一個問題的答案，當時一個維修工正在給我修電冰箱。經過一連串的“C冒號，回車，大于號，CD，回車，DOS，C冒號”等等，我掛上電話發現那位維修工在盯著我。“女士，”他問，“你是個間諜嗎？”