Sometimes It’s Hard to Know When to Stop

(Originally in English)

An old man went to the doctor and began to pour

out his problems. As the doctor asked more

about what was the matter with him, the old

man said, “Well Doc, after I get to the first,

I’m very, very tired. After the second, I feel

all in. After the third, my heart begins to

pound. After the fourth, I break out in a cold

sweat. And after the fifth, I’m so exhausted,

I feel like I’m going to die, right then

and there!”

“That’s incredible,” said the doctor,

“but how old are you?”

“Eighty-five,” the patient said. And the

doctor said, “Well, at 85, why don’t you

stop at the first?” The man said, “I can’t

stop: I live on the fifth floor!”

欲罷不能

一個老人去看醫(yī)生，滔滔地講述他的問題。醫(yī)生進一步

詢問他的癥狀，他說：「醫(yī)生啊！我上第一層之后，

感到非常累！上了第二層，覺得快不行了！到第三層，

心跳加劇！到第四層，大冒冷汗！到第五層，筋疲力盡，

感覺當(dāng)場就要死了！」 「真不可思議啊！」醫(yī)生說：

「你今年幾歲呢？」 「八十五」病人說。

醫(yī)生說：「噢，八十五歲了！為什么你不一開始

就停下來？」老人回答：「我不能停下來，

我住在第五層樓啊！」