My mom needed a new mattress for her antique bed, so I decided to buy her one as a gift. The problem was I wasn't sure what to get, because it was an odd size. I called home and my brother answered the phone. “Measure the bed frame for me, please,” I asked him. “I don't have a tape measure.” “You can use a dollar bill,” I suggested. “Each one is six inches long.” “Can't,” he replied after digging through his wallet. “I only have a ten.”
我媽媽需要一個新的彈簧床墊放在她的古董床上。我決定買一個送給她。問題是我不知道怎么買,因為它的尺寸很特別。我打電話回家,是我弟弟接電話。我請他量一下床框的尺寸。他說:“我沒有皮帶尺。”我建議說:“你可以用一張一美元的鈔票。每一張都是六英寸。”他把錢包翻了個遍,然后說:“不成。我只有一張十美元的。”(說明:美元鈔票都是一樣大小的。)