失火fire[英]['faɪə(r)] [美][faɪr] 中英文小故事:旅馆失火 一天晚上,一家旅馆失火,住在这家旅馆里的人穿着睡衣就跑了出来。 两个人站在外面,看着大火。 其中一个说,在我出来之前,我跑进一些房间,找到了一大笔钱。人在恐惧中是不会想到钱的。如果有人把纸币留在火里,火就会把它烧成灰烬,所以我把我所能找到的钞票都拿走了,没有人会因为我拿走它们而变得更穷。 你不知道我是干什么的,另一个说。 你是干什么的? 我是警察。 噢!第一个人喊了一声,他灵机一动,说:那你知道我是干什么的?不知道。警察说。 我是个作家,我总是爱编一些从未发生过的故事。 One night a hotel caught fire, and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes. Two men stood outside and looked at the fire. Before I came out, said one, I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don't think of money when they're afraid. When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find. No one will be poorer because I took them. You don't know my work, said the other. What is your work? I'm a policeman. Oh! cried the first man. He thought quickly and said, and do you know my work? No, said the policeman. I'm a writer. I'm always telling stories about things that never happened. |