第9章 I Beg Your Pardon

A woman was singing. One of the guests turned to a man by his side and criticized the singer,"What a terrible voice!"he said,"Do you know who she is?"

"Yes. "was the answer,"She is my wife."

"Oh, I beg your pardon."The man said,"Of course her voice is not bad, but the song is very bad. I wonder who wrote that awful song."

"I did. "was the answer.

请原谅

一位女士正在唱歌。一位客人转身对他旁边的男士批评这个唱歌的人。“多难听的嗓音！”他说，“你知道她是谁吗？”

“知道，”男士回答，“她是我太太。”

“噢，请你原谅，”客人说，“当然，她的嗓音并不坏，但那歌实在太差了。我想知道那是谁写的歌。”

“是我。”男士回答道。