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Thanks a Lot Sarge
多謝了，班長
The sergeant had just completed the morning inspection of the troops.
一位班長剛完成部隊晨間檢查。
"Before I dismiss you, there's just one announcement. Private Kowalski, your mother is dead. Dismissed."
“解散之前，有件事要宣布一下，二等兵卡瓦斯基，你母親已經過世了。解散!”
The soldier was devastated, of course, and the lieutenant was appalled at the sergeant's heartlessness.
當然，那位士兵遭受很大的打擊，而排長也訝異于班長的冷酷無情。
"For Heaven' s sake, sergeant, next time you have to inform a trooper of a loved one' s demise,please be a little more subtle," he said.
“看在老天的份分上，班長，下次你要告訴弟兄們有親人死亡時，請多用點技巧，委婉一些，”排長說道。
A few weeks later, sorry to say, the sergeant had another opportunity.
幾個禮拜之后，很不幸那位班長又有一次機會。
Lining up his troops, he ordered, "All of you whose mother is still alive, step forward. Not you, Johnson."
集合了部隊，他下口令道：“所有媽媽尚健在的，前進一步。你，約翰遜，除外。”
