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A Frenchman in New York
一個法國人在紐約
One day a Frenchman went to New York.
一天,一個法國人去了紐約。
He didn't know a word of English.
他不會英語。
When he arrived in New York, he took a bus to a hotel.
當他到達紐約時,他乘坐公共汽車去賓館。
It was Sunday, and the Frenchman decided to go out for a walk.
那天是星期天,法國人決定出去散步。
As he walked along the street, he suddenly remembered
當他沿街道走時,他突然想起
that he didn't know the name of the street.
他不知道這條街的名字。
So he decided to write it down.
所以他決定把它寫下來。
He looked at the wall near the corner of the street.
他看著街角的墻。
Then he saw some English words and copied them down in his notebook.
他看見了一些英語單詞，并寫在了記事本上。
"Now I know the name of the street, " he said to himself.
他對自己說，我現在知道這條街叫什么了。
"it will be easy for me to get back to the hotel. "
我能夠輕而易舉地回到賓館。
He walked for a long time in the city.
他在城市中走了很長時間。
Then he felt tired and wanted to go back to his hotel.
然后他覺得累了,想回到他的酒店。
He took the notebook out of his pocket
他把筆記本從他的口袋里拿出來，
and showed the words in his notebook to a young woman.
并把筆記本上的單詞拿給一個年輕女子看。
The young woman read the words and looked at the Frenchman.
這個年輕的女人看完單詞后看著這個法國人。
She did not know what he wanted.
她不知道他想要什么。
Then the Frenchman stopped an old man and showed him the words.
之后，這名法國人又把文字給一名老人看。
The old man did not know what the Frenchman wanted either.
老人也不知道這名法國人想要什么。
At last the Frenchman saw a young man.
最后,法國人看見一個年輕男子。
He knew some French. When the Frenchman showed him the words in the
他知道一些法語。當法國人給他看筆記本上的字時，
notebook and asked where the street was,
他問他那條街在哪
the young man laughed and laughed,
年輕人大笑，
for there were the words in the Frenchman's notebook : ONE-WAY STREET.
筆記本上寫的單詞是單行線。
WORD BANK
詞匯表
Frenchman
法國人
hotel
旅館；客棧
remember
回憶起；記得；想起
copy
抄寫；復制；拷貝 副本；拷貝
