Told that it was true, the lawyer turned to his partners and started speaking rapidly in Italian. When they stopped, the American attorney asked if they wanted to go to America to practice law.
"No, no." one replied. "We want to go to America and fall down on sidewalks."
一位美國(guó)律師剛結(jié)束他在意大利一所法律學(xué)校的客座演講,就有一位意大利律師走近他問(wèn):“聽說(shuō)在你們國(guó)家里,一個(gè)人跌倒在人行道上,他就會(huì)起訴這塊地的所有者賠償很多錢,這是真的嗎?”
得知這是真的后,意大利律師轉(zhuǎn)向他的同行開始用意大利語(yǔ)快速談?wù)撈饋?lái)。當(dāng)他們停下來(lái)后,美國(guó)律師問(wèn)他們是否想去美國(guó)做法律工作。
“不,不,”有一個(gè)人回答說(shuō),“我們要去美國(guó)跌倒在人行道上。”