外国最新英语幽默笑话精粹192:纪念日(中英)
When Bill and Hillary first got married, Bill said, "I am putting a box under our bed. You must promise never to look in it.” In all their 30 years of marriage, Hillary never looked. However, on the afternoon of their 30th anniversary, curiosity got the better of her and she lifted the lid and peeked inside. In the box there were 3 empty beer cans and $1,874.25 in cash.
比尔和希拉里刚结婚的时候,比尔说:“我在我们的床下放了一个盒子。你要答应我不打开看。”他们结婚三十年了,希拉里一直都没有打开过那个盒子。可在他们结婚30周年纪念日的下午,希拉里再也忍不住她的好奇心了,她掀起了盒子盖,偷偷地往里看。盒子里面有三个空的啤酒罐和1874. 25美元的现金。
After dinner, Hillary could no longer contain her guilt and she confessed, saying, "I am so sorry. For all these years I kept my promise and never looked in the box under our bed. However, today the temptation was too much and I gave in. But now I need to know why do you keep the empty cans in the box? "
晚饭后,希拉里再也掩盖不住自己的愧疚感了。她对比尔坦白说:十分抱歉,这么多年以来我一直遵守诺言没有打开我们床底下的那个盒子。可是今天,我再也禁不住诱惑了。我现在想知道你为什么在盒子里保存了三个空瓶子?”
Bill thought for a while and said, "I guess that after all these years you deserve to know the truth. Whenever I was unfaithful to you, I put an empty beer can in the box under the bed to remind myself not to do it again.”
比尔想了想说:“我想经过了这么多年,你也应该知道真相了。每当我做了对不起你的事情,我就会往床底下的盒子里放一个瓶子,用这个来提醒我不能再继续错了。”
Hillary was shocked, but said," I am very disappointed and saddened, but I guess after all those years away from home on the road, temptation does happen and I guess that 3 times is not that bad considering the number of years we've been together.”
希拉里大吃一惊,可她说:“我很失望和难过,可我想你一直在外奔波了这么多年,一定会遇到很多外界的诱惑,比起我们在一起相处的这么多年,3次又算得了什么呢。”
They hugged and made their peace. A little while later, Hillary asked Bill, "So why do you have all that money in the box?"
他们拥抱在了一起,一切又恢复了平静。过了一会儿,希拉里问比尔:“那么为什么盒子里还有那么多钱呢?”
Bill answered,"Well, whenever the box filled up with empty cans, I took them to the recycling center and redeemed them for cash.”
比尔回答说:“只要盒子里装满了空瓶子,我就把它们拿到回收站去换成现金。”
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