Ear Short
耳聾
I thought my wife, Barbara, was losing her hearing, so one day I decided to test it.
我以為我的妻子芭芭拉耳聾了。有一天,我想證明一下,
I quietly walked in the front door and stood 30 feet behind her,
我輕輕走進前門,站在她后面三十英尺的地方,
"Barbara," I said, "can you hear me?"
“芭芭拉,”我說,“你聽得見我嗎?”
There was no response, so I moved to 20 feet behind her behind her,
她沒有回答。所以我又走過去一些,站在她后面二十英尺的地方,
"Barbara," I repeated, "can you hear me ?" Still no reply.
“芭芭拉,”我重復道,“你聽得見我嗎?”還是沒有回答。
I advanced to 10 feet and asked, "Now can you hear me?"
我又往前到了只有十英尺的地方,我問:“現在聽得見嗎?”
"Yes, dear," Barbara answered. "For the third time, yes!"
“是的,親愛的,”芭芭拉說,“我已經說了第三遍了?!?