相互模仿--双语幽默笑话
mark twain once went to borrow a certain book from a neighbour in tarry town.
在特里镇,马克.吐温有一次去一位邻居那儿借本书。
"may i borrow a book from you?" he asked politely.
“我可以向您借本书吗?”他礼貌地问道。
"yes, you're more than welcome to it," the neighbour told him.
“当然,非常乐意,”邻居告诉他,
"but i must ask you to read it here. you know i make a rule never to let any book go out of my library."
“但我要求你在这儿读。你知道我有一条规定,那就是决不让一本书拿出我的图书室。 ”
some days later the neighbour wished to borrow twain's machine for cutting grass in the garden.
几天后,这位邻人想从吐温那儿借台割草机。
"why, certainly," twain told him, "you're more than welcome to it. but i must ask you to use it here. you know that i make it a rule never to let it go out of my garden."
“噢,当然,”吐温告诉他,“非常乐意借给你。但我要你在这儿用。你知道我从来不允许它拿出我的花园。”
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