外国最新英语幽默笑话精粹167：赚钱(中英)
A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money.
一个年轻人向一位老富翁请教如何赚钱。
The old guy fingered his worsted wool vest and said，"Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel. I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing the apple and，at the end of the day, I sold the apple for ten cents. The next morning, I invested those ten cents in two apples. I spent the entire day polishing them and sold them at 5:00 pm for 20 cents. I continued this system for a month，by the end of which I’d accumulated a fortune of $1 .37. Then my wife's father died and left us two million dollars.”
这个老人指着自己那破旧的羊毛马甲说:“看，孩子，这是1932年的。在经济大萧条时期，我穷困到只剩一个硬币了。我用它买了一个苹果，并用一天的时间把这个苹果擦亮，到了晚上，我把这个苹果卖掉了，得到了10美分。第二天，我用这10美分买了两个苹果，又用了一天的时间把它们擦亮，晚上5点多的时候，我把苹果卖20美分。这样干了一个月之后，我幸运的积累到了1. 37美元。然后，我妻子的父亲去世了，留给了我们200万美元的遗产。”
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