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杰克打算和朋友鲍勃一起去滑雪。他们把行李装进杰克的小型货车，就向北出发了。行驶了几个小时以后遇上了暴风雪，因此他们就在附近的一家农场停了车。敲门之后，开门的是一位迷人的女士。他们问能不能在这里过夜。 "我知道外面的天气很糟，我自己住着这个大房子。可是最近我丈夫刚去世，她解释道，“如果我让你们在房间里住，恐怕邻居会说闲话的。” 杰克说：“不用担心。我们睡在谷仓里就很满意了。如果天气好转，我们天一亮就走。”女士同意了，这两个人就找到了谷仓，在那里睡了一晚。第二天早上,天气晴朗,他们就继续赶路了。那个周末，他们滑雪滑得非常开心。 但是9个月之后，杰克却意外地收到了一封律师来信。他一开始模不着头脑，看了一会儿才明白说的是什么，最后终于搞清楚了这封信原来是周末去滑雪时他遇到的那位迷人的女士的律师写来的。他去了朋友鲍勃的家，问道:“9个月前，我们去北部滑雪的时候，住在一个农场里，你还记得农场里那位漂亮的女士吗？" “是啊，我记得。”鲍勃说。' “你、呃，半夜的时候你有没有恰巧起来，去房间拜访她？” “嗯，是的，”鲍勃觉得自己的行为被发现了，有点尴尬，“我得承认，我去了。” “你是不是恰巧用了我的名字，而没有告诉她你的名字？” 鲍勃涨红了脸，说：“哎，我很抱歉，老兄。恐怕我是说的你的名字。为什么问这些？” "她刚刚去世了，把所有的东西都留给了我。” Nine Months Later Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. So they loaded up Jack’s minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night. “I realize it’s terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I’m recently widowed，” she explained, “I’m afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house. ” “Don’t worry,” Jack said. “We’ll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we'll go at first light. ” The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night. The next morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their way. They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing. But about nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the skiing weekend. He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked, ‘‘ Bob，do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up north about 9 months ago?” “Yes, I do,” said Bob. “Did you’er, happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?" “Well, um, yes,” Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out, “I have to admit that I did.” “And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?” Bob's face turned beet red and he said, 41 Yeah, look, I'm sorry, buddy. I’m afraid I did. Why do you ask?” “She just died and left me everything.” |
