雙語黑色笑話：860　What a waste 白費力氣

英語笑話

860　What a waste 白費力氣

My wife asked me to help one of our neighbors, a young mother whose sailor husband was at sea. Her car had to have something called a freeze plug replaced—a job that took two days. Then I discovered the battery was dead and the starter was shot, so I fixed those too. Days later I proudly handed the woman her keys saying, “Now your car is good for many more miles.” “Thanks,” she said. “All I care is it runs long enough to make it to the dealer. I'm trading it in tomorrow.”

我太太讓我?guī)椭覀兊囊粋€鄰居，一個年輕的媽媽。她的海員丈夫出海去了。我花了兩天時間替她換了冰凍塞，又發(fā)現(xiàn)電瓶沒電了，啟動器也壞了，就也幫她修好了。當我自豪地把她的車鑰匙還給她的時候，我說：“現(xiàn)在你的車又可以開很多里程了。”她說：“謝謝。我關心的只是能不能開到汽車銷售商那里。明天我的車就要去以舊換新了?！?