英語笑話：不敢太晚回家

Thurston was in the habit of visiting his girl-friend's apartment from time to time,

沙斯敦經(jīng)常去他女友的公寓住處，

but always managed to get home at a decent hour with a plausible excuse.

但他總是設(shè)法找個理由以免太晚回家。

But this time, both he and his girlfriend had fallen asleep,

但這一次，他和女朋友都睡著了，

and it was 2:00 a. m before Thurston came to.

當(dāng)他醒來時都已經(jīng)凌晨兩點了，

Thinking fast, he immediately called home,

沙斯敦腦筋一轉(zhuǎn)，立刻打電話回家，

and when his wife answered, panted, "Don't pay the ransom! I've escaped!"

當(dāng)他太太接電話時，他故意喘著氣說：“千萬不要付贖金!我已經(jīng)安全逃出來了!”