A woman was singing. One of the guests turned to a man by his side and criticized the singer.
一位婦人正在唱歌。客人中有一位轉過頭對他身邊的男士批評這位唱歌的人。
“What a terrible voice!” he said. “Do you know who she is?”
“好糟糕的歌聲啊！”他說，“你知道她是誰嗎？”
“Yes,” was the answer. “She is my wife.”
“是的”男士回答，“她是我太太”
“Oh, I beg your pardon.” The man said, “Of course her voice is not bad, but the song is very bad. I wonder who wrote that awful song.”
“喔，對不起，請原諒”這位批評的男士說，“當然她的聲音還不壞，但歌很差，我不知道誰寫的這麼爛的歌！”
“I did.” was the answer.
回答：“我寫的！”
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【單字註解】
1. wonder: To be doubtful about; have a desire to know. 想要知道
I wonder what I ought to do.
我不知道該怎麼辦。
2. awful: adj. very bad.
An awful earthquake erupted in Haiti last month.
上個月海地爆發了可怕的地震。
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