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19 The Rescue
19 救人
A man had fallen between the rails in a subway station. Passers-by gathered rapidly around trying to get him out before the train went him over. They were all shouting “Give me your hand!”, but the man would not reach up. The whistle of the train could be heard in the distance. Tom forced the passage through the crowed and leaned over the man.
一個(gè)人掉到了地鐵鐵軌中間，路過(guò)的人迅速?lài)^(guò)來(lái)，想在火車(chē)到來(lái)前把他救出來(lái)。他們都在大聲喊：“把你的手給我！”但這個(gè)人就是不把手伸出來(lái)。遠(yuǎn)處已經(jīng)可以聽(tīng)到火車(chē)的低鳴了。湯姆從人群中擠過(guò)去，朝這個(gè)人探出身子。
“Friend,” he asked. “What is your profession?”
“朋友，”他說(shuō)，“你的職業(yè)是什么？”
“I am in income tax inspector,” answered the man.
“我是個(gè)稅收檢查員，”這個(gè)人回答說(shuō)。
“In that case,” said Tom, “take my hand.”
“如果那樣的話，”湯姆說(shuō)，“抓住我的手！”
The man immediately grasped Tom’s hand tightly and was dragged to safety.
這人立即緊緊地抓住湯姆的手，他被拉到了安全的地方。
Tom turned to the amazed masses and declared, “never ask a tax man to GIVE you anything. You fools！”
湯姆轉(zhuǎn)頭看著驚訝的圍觀者說(shuō)：“永遠(yuǎn)都不要讓稅務(wù)員‘給’你們什么東西，你們這些傻瓜！”
