Early one Saturday morning, the flashing lights of a police car appeared in my rearview mirror. After checking my license and registration, the officer asked, “Do you know why I pulled you over?” “No,” I responded. “One of your tail lights is out,” he said. “I'm going to have to issue a warning.” “Whew,” I said, without thinking. “I thought it was because my inspection had expired.”
星期六一大早警車閃光的燈出現(xiàn)在我的后視鏡里。警察檢查了我的駕駛執(zhí)照和注冊證明以后對我說:“你知道我為什么讓你停下來嗎?”我說:“不知道?!彼f:“你的一個(gè)后車燈壞了。我要給你發(fā)一個(gè)警告。”我不假思索地說:“我以為是因?yàn)槲业臋z查證過期了?!?