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舒适comfortable[英][ˈkʌmftəbl] [美][ˈkʌmfətəbəl, ˈkʌmftəbəl] 中英文小故事：舒适的电文 两个姐妹，一个金发和一个黑发，继承家族的农场。不幸的是，经过短短几年，她们在财务上遇到麻烦。 为了不让银行收回的牧场，他们需要购买一头公牛。 褐发女郎决定把最后的600美元的到西部到另一个牧场买公牛。临走时，她告诉她的妹妹，“我到那里时，如果我决定买牛，我会与你联系，再把它带回家。” 褐发女郎到牧场，考察了牛，并决定买它。牧场告诉她，可以卖599美元。 在支付了交易之后，她开车到最近的镇上给她妹妹一封电报，告诉她这个消息。她走进电报局，说，“我想发一个电报给我的妹妹告诉她，我买了一只公牛。我需要她把我们的卡车开到这里，我们可以把它拖回家。” 报务员说，他很乐意帮助她，然后说，“只是一个字99美分。“ 嗯，支付公牛的费用后，只剩下1美元，黑发女人意识到，她只能给她妹妹的一个词的电报。 她点点头，说，“我想让你把给她的电文，写上“舒适”。 报务员摇摇头。“她怎么会知道，你希望她把卡车开到这里来运送公牛回到你的农场，如果你只是发一个词，“舒适吗？” 褐发女郎说，“我妹妹是金发女郎。她会读的很慢。” Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch. Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull so that they can breed their own stock. The brunette balances their checkbook, then takes their last $600 dollars out west to another ranch where a man has a prize bull for sale. Upon leaving, she tells her sister, "When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I'll contact you to drive out after me and haul it home." The brunette arrives at the man's ranch, inspects the bull, and decides she does want to buy it. The man tells her that he can sell it for $599, no less. After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram to tell her the news. She walks into the telegraph office, and says, "I want to send a telegram to my sister telling her that I've bought a bull for our ranch. I need her to hitch the trailer to our pick-up truck and drive out here so we can haul it home." The telegraph operator explains that he'll be glad to help her, then adds, "It's just 99 cents a word." Well, with only $1 left after paying for the bull, the brunette realizes that she'll only be able to send her sister one word. After thinking for a few minutes, she nods, and says, "I want you to send her the word, 'comfortable.'" The telegraph operator shakes his head. "How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pick-up truck and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch if you send her the word, 'comfortable?'" The brunette explains, "My sister's blonde. She'll read it slow." |
