英汉双语笑话:Treat 款待
treat
as a rookie in the atlantic city, n.j., police department, i was assigned a beat on the boardwalk. hardly a day went by when i didn't come upon a child who had become separated from his parents.
one afternoon, i spotted a small boy standing alone, obviously lost. i tried to gain his confidence - i took him to the nearest ice-cream stand and bought him a cone. time passed with no sign of the boy's parents, so the next step was to call for a patrol car to take him to headquarters. i told the small fry to stay put while i went to the call box. when i returned, he was nowhere in sight.
within minutes, the car arrived, and one of the patrolmen asked me where the child was. i felt stupid; it's humiliating to say you've lost a lost child. but i told the officers what had happened and gave a description of the boy. "what did you treat him?" asked one of the men.
"an ice-cream cone. why?"
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