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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.
不是一个简单的问题
艾伦是一个很有礼貌的帅小伙。
一天早晨他正走在街上去赴约会，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车的男士面前。
“对不起，先生。”他非常有礼貌地说，“您能告诉我现在几点了吗？”那个男子穿的很不错，看起来很富有。但他什么也没说，甚至都不看艾伦一眼。
艾伦又对他说，“对不起，先生，他说道，”“可否请您告诉我，现在几点了？”
这次那个男士看了看他，但马上把头转了过去，还是什么也没说。艾伦心里想：
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