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（234）Not Such a Simple
Question
Alan was a handsome young man with good manners.
One morning he was walking along a street on his way to an appointment.He did not want to be early or late. He had forgotten to put on his watch so he came up to a man who was waiting for a taxi.
“Excuse me, sir,”he said,very politely，“but could you tell me the time?”
The man, who was very well -dressed and looked quite rich, said nothing. He did not even look at Alan.
Alan spoke to him again.“Excuse me, sir,”he said,“but could you please tell me what time it is?”This time the man looked at him, but he did not speak and looked quickly away.
Alan thought to himself,“Well,he's not deaf. He must be just rude".
“Why won't you tell me the time, sir?” he
demanded.
The man turned towards him and said,“Try to understand me. I am standing here waiting for a taxi. You come up to me and ask me for the time. If I tell it to you, you will thank me. I will say,‘That's all right.'You may then say, ‘It's a beautiful day,'to which I may reply ‘Yes, I like these sunny winter days.' Before we know what is happening we have a friendly conversation.You are a pleasant, polite young man and so when my taxi comes,I offer you a ride. You accept. We talk. I like you. You like me. I invite you to my home. You meet my daughter. She is a very pretty girl.You are a good -looking man.You like each other .Soon you fall in love .You want to marry. Now do you understand my problem?”
Alan shook his head.
“No sir, I'm sorry, I don't. Everything you have said seems very natural to me.”
“Exactly,” the man said, “and I do not want my daughter to marry a man who is too poor to buy a watch. Good morning to you.”
And with these words he hurried away.
不是一個簡單的問題
艾倫是一個很有禮貌的帥小夥。
一天早晨他正走在街上去赴約會，他不想去早了或去晚了，而他忘了戴手表，于是走到一位正在等出租汽車的男士面前。
“對不起，先生。”他非常有禮貌地說，“您能告訴我現在幾點了嗎？”那個男子穿的很不錯，看起來很富有。但他什麼也沒說，甚至都不看艾倫一眼。
艾倫又對他說，“對不起，先生，他說道，”“可否請您告訴我，現在幾點了？”
這次那個男士看了看他，但馬上把頭轉了過去，還是什麼也沒說。艾倫心裡想：
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