瓶子 bottle [英]['bɒtl] [美][ˈbɑtl]
中英文小故事：推销员和瓶子里出现的精灵
一个推销员走在海滩上发现了一个瓶子。当他抚摸着它的时候，看啦，一个精灵出现了。“我将实现你的三个愿望！”精灵说：“但是，因为撒旦还恨我，你实现的每一个愿望，你的竞争对手也得到——你的双倍。”
推销员想了一会，|“我的第一个愿望，我想要一千万美元。”他说。精灵立即给了他一个瑞士银行帐户号码和担保人，一千万美元已存入。
“但你的竞争对手已经收到两千万美元。”精灵说。
“我一直想要一辆法拉利。”推销员说。立刻，法拉利出现在他面前。
“但你的对手刚刚收到了两辆法拉利。”精灵说。
“你的最后一个愿望是什么？”
“嗯，”售货员说：“我一直想捐一个肾移植给别人。”
A salesman walking along the beach found a bottle. When he rubbed it,and behold, a genie appeared. "I will grant you three wishes," announced the genie. "But since Satan still hates me, for every wish you make, your rival gets the wish as well -- only double." The salesman thought about this for a while. "For my first wish, I would like ten million dollars," he announced. Instantly the genie gave him a Swiss bank account number and assured the man that $10,000,000 had been deposited. "But your rival has just received $20,000,000," the genie said. "I've always wanted a Ferrari," the salesman said. Instantly a Ferrari appeared. "But your rival has just received two Ferraris," the genie said. "And what is your last wish?" "Well," said the salesman, "I've always wanted to donate a kidney for transplant."
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