18 A Joke— “I stand corrected”

I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans. “So,”I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, "I stand corrected.

lean 傾斜
slightly 輕微地
check out 檢查
refuse 拒絕
quarter 四分之一
surgery 手術
cure 治愈
fix 治愈
stand corrected 認錯

笑話——“我誠懇認錯”

我有一個朋友，他似乎總是微微向左傾斜。這個問題曾經非常困擾我，所以我建議他去看醫生，檢查一下他的腿。幾年來，他總是不聽我的建議，還說我不正常，但是上星期，他終于去看了醫生。果真，醫生發現他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。一個很快的小手術后，他康復了，現在他的兩條腿完全一樣長了，他也不再傾斜了。“你看，”我說，“那時我告訴你醫生可以治好你的腿時你還不相信我呢。”他看著我說：“我認錯了。”