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白人统治南非时,实行种族隔离政策。两个黑人中年男子在约翰内斯堡，其中一个有工作许可证，而另一个没有。忽然他们看到一个警察冲他们走来，两人吓呆了。 “快跑！ ”有工作证的黑人对另一个说，"你先跑，我随后就来。” 两人开始跑了起来，警察大喊：“别跑，别跑。”他紧追不舍，终于抓到了第二个人。 "你能跑过我?"警察咆哮着，“把工作证拿出来! ”第二个人磨蹭了一段时间，在口袋里好一阵摸索，才把工作证拿了出来。 警察很生气，发现自己被耍了，那个没有工作证的人早就跑得无影无踪了。 “你有工作证还跑？! ”警察呵斥道。 “这是医生的建议，”那人说，"他让我每晚跑一公里。" "哦，是吗？"警察嘲笑道，“那你的朋友为什么跑?” “他的医生也建议他跑步。”那人回答说。 警察气得面红耳赤，“你自以为很聪明，是吧？”警察咆哮着，“那你告诉我，如果你仅为了健康跑步，我在后面喊你为什么不停下来？别告诉我你没看到我在追你……你肯定看见了丨" “我当然知道你在后面追我。”那人回答。 “那为什么不停下来？’’警察逼问道。 "都怪我太傻了，”那人说，“我还以为医生也让你跑步了呢！” The Three Runners In the days when whites ruled South Africa and apartheid was the law of the land， two middle-aged blacks met in a 1 whites only，section of Johannesburg. One of them had a permit to work in the area, the other did not, which meant he could be put behind bars for trespassing into an exclusive zone. Suddenly they saw a policeman coming towards them, and froze. "Run! ” whispered the man with the permit to his friend. ‘‘I’ll follow. ” They started running and the policeman shouting" Stop，stop, ” began chasing them. Finally he caught the second man. "Did you think you could outrun me!” he snarled. “Show me your permit!” The man, playing for time, began fumbling in his pocket and finally produced his permit. The policeman was taken aback. He realized that he had been tricked. The man without the permit was now too far away to be caught. “When you had a permit why did you run! ” he bawled. "Doctor's orders," said the man. "He has asked me to run a mile every evening. ” "Oh, yes?” sneered the policeman. “Then why was your friend running?" "His doctor too has ordered him to run,” said the man. The policeman became red with anger. "You think you're very smart, don’t you?" he snarled. “But tell me, if you were only running for your health, why didn't you stop when you saw me running after you? And don't tell me you didn't see me chasing you... I know you did!,' "Of course I knew you were running after me,” said the man. “Then why didn’t you stop?" asked the policeman, triumphantly. “ It was stupid of me," said the man，" but I thought you too had been ordered to run by your doctor." |
