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我的办公室在1318号房间，但是位于一个实验室的里面，实验室的号码是1303。如果有人打电话要约我见面，我通常就会告诉对方我的房间号是1303。如果我不这样告诉他们，他们不知道我的办公室在1303房间里面，就会在大厅里转很长时间来找1318房间。因为人们要和我见面，我总告诉他们到房间1303，自己的房间号倒不大注意了。有时，有人问我的房间号我却想不起来了。 一天，我正好站在办公室门口，一位来访者没有预约就来了。“请问，1318号房间在哪里？"来访者问道。我回答说：“是在这部分区域，但确切地点我就不知道了。”我转身问一个助理：“1318号房间在哪里？” 助理笑得直不起腰来。我稍微移动了一下，来访者就看到了我办公室上的门牌号，说道:“或许你应该看看你身后的门牌。” "哦，你知道什么了？”我问，"我猜你可能是来找我的。" "这是你办公室吗？"来访者问。 "我不知道，”我回答说，“房间号是多少?” Room Number My office is Room 1318 but is located inside a laboratory, Room 1303. When someone telephones to make an appointment to see me, I always tell the person that my office is in Room 1303. If I don, t, they5 re liable to spend countless hours roaming the halls trying to find Room 1318，not knowing that the room is actually accessed by going into Room 1303. Because I ask people to come to Room 1303 when they need to see me, I don' t pay much attention to my office room number. More often than not, I can11 recall the office number if asked. One day a visitor showed up unannounced as I stood directly in front of my office door. "Can you tell me where I can find Room 1318?” the visitor asked. I replied, “It should be on the hall somewhere in this area but I don't know for sure. ’，I turned to one of my assistants and asked, Do you know where Room 1318 is located?" My assistant just about fell over laughing.As I moved slightly, the visitor now had a clear view of the number on my office door. The visitor said, "Perhaps you should take a look at the door behind you. ’’ “Well, what do you know?” I said. " I guess you，re probably looking for me." "Is this your office?" stated the visitor. "I don’t know." I replied. "What1 s the room number?" |
