雙語語言笑話：948　Writing: For the Sell of It 為賣而寫作

英語笑話

948　Writing: For the Sell of It 為賣而寫作

Writing: For the Sell of It was the theme of our community college's annual writers' conference. When I called a widely published author and asked him to be our keynote speaker, my request was met with a long silence. He finally said, “I don't know what I would say to that audience.” “You're just being modest,” I replied. “I'm sure you're extremely qualified to speak on that subject.” He suddenly broke into laughter. “I thought you said, ‘Writing for the Celibate.’”

我們社區(qū)大學(xué)的年度作家研討會(huì)的主題是：“Writing: For the Sell of It（為賣而寫作）”。當(dāng)我打電話給一位著作甚豐的作家，請(qǐng)他作主題演講的時(shí)候，得到的回應(yīng)卻是長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的沉默。他最后說：“我不知道對(duì)這樣的聽眾該怎么講。”我回答說：“你太謙虛了。我確信你是極有資格講這個(gè)主題的。”他突然爆發(fā)出一陣大笑：“我以為你說的是‘為禁欲者寫作’?！?