幽默小故事

浙江省绍兴市树人中学 张祖平译



幽默小故事

浙江省绍兴市树人中学 张祖平译

Duck Soup

鸭汤

One day a visitor came to Mr.Brown’s house.“I am your cousin from New York,”he said, “and I have brought you a duck to celebrate the visit.”Mr.Brown was happy.He asked his wife to cook the duck,and served the visitor a delicious dinner.

The next day another visitor arrived.“I am the friend of the man who brought you the duck,”he said.Mr.Brown invited him in and gave him a good meal.The next day another visitor arrived,and said he was the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck.Again Mr. Brown invited him in for a meal.However,he was getting annoyed1.Visitors seemed to be using his house as a free restaurant.

Then another visitor came,and said he was the friend of the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck.Mr.Brown invited him to eat dinner with him.His wife brought some soup to the table and the visitor tasted it.“What kind of soup is this?”asked the

visitor,“It tastes just like warm water.”

Mr.Brown said,“That is the soup of the soup of the soup of the duck.”

一天，一名客人拜访布朗先生的家，他说：“我是你来自纽约的表亲，给你们带来了一只鸭子，庆祝这次拜访。”布朗先生很高兴，他让妻子煮了鸭子，并让这位客人美餐了一顿。

第二天，另一名客人来了，他说道：“我是带鸭子来的那个人的朋友。”布朗先生邀请他进门，还让他美餐了一顿。第三天，又来了一名客人，他说他是带鸭子来的那个人的朋友的朋友。布朗先生再次邀请这位客人美餐了一顿，但是布朗先生感到很懊恼，这些客人似乎把他的家当成免费餐馆了。

后来又来了一位客人，他说他是带鸭子来的那个人的朋友的朋友的朋友。布朗先生邀请他一同用餐。布朗太太端来一碗汤放

在桌子上，客人尝了一口，问道：“这是什么汤？尝起来像温

水一样。”

布朗先生回答道：“这是鸭汤的鸭汤的鸭汤。”

I Am the Tailor2!

我就是那个裁缝！

A man went to see his doctor one day because he had a stomachache.After

the doctor had examined him carefully,he said to him.“Well,there’s nothing really

wrong with you,I’m glad to say.Your only trouble is that you worry too much.I had a

patient with similar trouble as you a few weeks ago,and I gave him the same advice as I’m

going to give you.He was worried because he couldn’t pay his tailor’s bills.I told him not to

worry about the bills any more.He followed my advice,and when he came to see me again two days ago,he told me that he now feels quite all right.”

“Yes,I know all about that,”answered the patient sadly,“You see,I’m that man’s tailor!”

一天，一个男人因胃疼去看医生。医生仔细检查后，说：“我很高兴告诉你，你其实没什么大毛病，唯一的问题是你担心太多了。几周前，我接待了一个跟你相似的病人，我给他的建议和给你的一样。那个病人担心他付不起裁缝的费用，我告诉他不要再担心那些钱了。他听从了我的建议。两天前，他又来我这里，他告诉我，他现在感觉很好。”

“是的，我全知道，我就是那个人的裁缝！”病人悲伤地说。