英语幽默小故事带翻译:Being cheated 受骗(中英双语)
101.Being cheated
101.受骗
While traveling in Maine,I stopped in a coastal village to mail a birthday card. According to the pickup schedule on the box outside the tiny post office,I had missed the daily mail truck by five minutes. I went inside to ask about it.
在缅因旅行时,我来到一个海边的小村庄寄一张生日卡。从小邮局外边的信筒上所写的时间看,刚好在五分钟前邮车从这里把信取走了。我急忙奔进邮局,询问这一情况,“别着
急,信件要到下午才被取走呢。”女邮递员很正经地说。
"Don't worry. Mail doesn't go out until later this afternoon,"the postmistress said in a no-nonsense tone.
“可是外面的邮筒上明明写着取信的时间是上午八点半。”我说道。
“But the sign on the box says that it's picked up at 8:30 in the morning,"I said.
“噢,”她解释道:“那是我每天从那里取出把它们拿到这里的时间。”
"That's when I pick up the mail from the box and bring it in here,"she explained.
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