One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late.
一個冬天的早晨,一名雇員解釋他為什么遲到了四十五分鐘才起來上班。
"It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."The boss eyed him suspiciously. "Oh, yeah? Then how did you ever get here?""I finally gave up," he said, "and started for home."
“外面太滑了,我每向前邁一步,就要向后退兩步。”老板狐疑地看著他,“噢,是嗎?那你是怎樣到這里來的?”“后來我決定放棄,”他說,“然后我就往家里走。”