雙語官僚笑話：324　Official U.S. Government Property 美國政府官方的財產(chǎn)

英語笑話

324　Official U.S. Government Property 美國政府官方的財產(chǎn)

The day I immigrated to the United States, I was given an alien ID card that featured a cute photo of me at age 15. Years later, when I went to the courthouse to become a citizen, a clerk confiscated my card. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “We burn it” was the answer. “Could you please cut the photo off and let us keep it?” I asked. “Certainly not,” said the clerk. “This card is official U.S. government property. As such it cannot be mutilated before it's destroyed.”

我移民到美國來的時候，發(fā)給我一張外國人身份證，上面貼著我15歲時的逗人喜愛的照片。過了幾年，當我到法庭加入美國籍的時候，一名職員收去了我的身份證。我問他：“你們要怎樣處理它？”他回答說：“把它燒掉。”我問：“你能不能把照片剪下來，讓我保存？”他回答說：“肯定不行。這張身份證是美國政府官方的財產(chǎn)。因此，在它被毀掉以前，不能被肢解?！?