收稅員
Little Johnny was playing with his father's wallet when he accidentally swallowed a quarter. He wentcrying to his mom, choking on the quarter.
小約翰尼在玩爸爸的錢包時(shí),不小心吞下了一枚25分硬幣。硬幣卡在嗓子里,他哭著跑去找媽媽。
They took him to a doctor, who said that the quarterws impossible to remove without surgery. They consulted a specialist who was of the sameopinion.
爸爸媽媽帶他去看醫(yī)生,醫(yī)生說只能做手術(shù)取出來。他們又咨詢了一位專家,專家也說沒別的辦法。
Then came a man who said he could get the money out in a jiffy.
然后又來了一個人說他能馬上就把錢取出來。
He turned little Johnny upside down and patted him with great precision on the back of neckand, sure enough, the quarter rolled out.
他把小約翰尼頭朝下拎起來,精確無誤地在他的后脖子上拍了拍,那枚硬幣就真的掉出來了。
Everyone was amazed, the father said, "You must be an expert!"
每個人都很吃驚,爸爸說:“你一定是個專家!”
The man replied, "No, sir. I'm just a tax collector."
那人答道:“我不是的,先生。我只是個收稅員。”