My husband asked me to go to the post office to mail his resume in anticipation of a job interview. He instructed me to send it the fastest way possible.

　 Struck by the urgency in his voice, I grabbed a handful of change and dashed out the door. Arriving at the post office, I rushed to the counter and breathlessly explained to the clerk that my envelope had to be delivered immediately . He casually weighed the envelope and said it would cost $ 10.03.I fumbled through my pockets and tallied up my coins. "But I don't have $ 10. 03, " I said. He punched some more buttons and said, "Okay, that will be $ 7. 40, ma am.

　　Once more I said in dismay, "Sorry, I don't have $ 7.40.

　　"Well," he sighed, "exactly how much do you have?"

　　I meekly answered, "I have exactly $ 2. 15, sir."

　　With that, he yelled over his shoulder to a coworker, "Hey, Charlie, get the pigeon ready.

郵政快遞

　　我丈夫讓我到郵局寄他的履歷，期望能得到工作面試的機會。他告訴我要用盡可能快的方式把它寄出去。

　　我感到他語氣緊急，就抓了一把零錢，沖出了家門。到了郵局，我沖到柜臺，上氣不接下氣地向職員解釋說我的信必須馬上寄出。他漫不經心地稱了一下信的重量，說郵費是十元零三分。我翻遍了我的口袋，把所有的硬幣都算上?！翱墒俏覜]有十元零三分，”我說。他又敲了幾個鍵，然后說：“那好吧，七元四角，夫人?！?/FONT>