最好的獎(jiǎng)賞
A naval officer fell overboard. He was rescued by a deck hand. The officer asked how he could reward him.
一名海軍軍官?gòu)募装迳系羧牒V?。他被一名甲板水手救起。這位軍官問(wèn)如何才能酬謝他。
"The best way, sir," said the deck hand, "is to say nothing about it. If the other fellows knew I‘d pulled you out, they‘d chuck me in."
“最好的辦法,長(zhǎng)官,”這名水手說(shuō),“是別聲張這事。如果其他人知道我救了您,他們會(huì)把我扔下去的。”