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Do You Know My Work
你知道我是干什么的嗎
One night a hotel caught fire, and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes.
一天晚上，一家旅館失火，住在這家旅館里的人穿著睡衣就跑了出來。
Two men stood outside and looked at the fire.
兩個人站在外面，看著大火。
"Before I came out," said one, "I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don't think of money when they're afraid. When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find. No one will be poorer because I took them."
“在我出來之前，”其中一個說，“我跑進一些房間，找到了很多錢。人在恐懼時是不會想到錢的。如果有人把紙幣留在火里，火就會把它燒成灰燼。所以我把我所能找到的鈔票都拿走了。沒人會因為我拿走這些錢就變窮了。”
"You don't know my work," said the other.
“你不知道我是干什么的。”另一個說。
"What is your work?"
“你是什么的？”
"I'm a policeman."
“我是警察。”
"Oh!" cried the first man. He thought quickly and said, "And do you know my work?"
“噢！”第一個人大叫一聲。他靈機一動，說：“那你知道我是干什么的？”
"No," said the policeman.
“不知道。”警察說。
"I'm a writer. I'm always telling stories about things that never happened."
“我是個作家。我總是愛編一些子虛烏有的故事。”
