小故事

Do You Know My Work
你知道我是干什么的吗
One night a hotel caught fire, and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes.
一天晚上，一家旅馆失火，住在这家旅馆里的人穿着睡衣就跑了出来。
Two men stood outside and looked at the fire.
两个人站在外面，看着大火。
"Before I came out," said one, "I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don't think of money when they're afraid. When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find. No one will be poorer because I took them."
“在我出来之前，”其中一个说，“我跑进一些房间，找到了很多钱。人在恐惧时是不会想到钱的。如果有人把纸币留在火里，火就会把它烧成灰烬。所以我把我所能找到的钞票都拿走了。没人会因为我拿走这些钱就变穷了。”
"You don't know my work," said the other.
“你不知道我是干什么的。”另一个说。
"What is your work?"
“你是什么的？”
"I'm a policeman."
“我是警察。”
"Oh!" cried the first man. He thought quickly and said, "And do you know my work?"
“噢！”第一个人大叫一声。他灵机一动，说：“那你知道我是干什么的？”
"No," said the policeman.
“不知道。”警察说。
"I'm a writer. I'm always telling stories about things that never happened."
“我是个作家。我总是爱编一些子虚乌有的故事。”

重点讲解

1. catch fire
着火；起火；开始燃烧
eg. My home catches fire and everything is destroyed.
我家失了火，所有的东西都烧毁了。
eg. The aircraft caught fire soon after take-off.
飞机起飞后不久就着火了。
2. think of
想到；想起；想出
eg. I don't know why I never thought of that.
我怎么就从未想到过那一点。
eg. Nobody could think of anything to say.
谁也想不出什么话说。