英文諷刺故事The Logo

　　“Little Travel Dream” is a well-known TV show in America. It aims to help the kids, who live in extremely poor countries with no idea about the outside world, broaden their horizons by realizing their travel dream.

　　In one episode, one Afghan boy was picked out by the “Little Travel Dream”. At first, he didn’t know what happened, and why there came so many people with strange machines. After the TV crews’ patient explanation, he finally understood. According to the arrangement, the team would take the boy to visit the most famous tourist spots in China. Then, the boy’s parents and friends kept urging him to be sure to tell them everything about the Chinese top scenic spots after coming back. It was because all of them, who had no TV and had never left Afghanistan, were too curious about the outside world. The night before setting out, the boy was even too excited to fall asleep.

　　Finally, the day for China came. With the TV crews, he started his “little travel dream”. First, they went to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. Then, they flied to Xi’an, Shanxi to see the Mausoleum of Emperor Qingshihuang. Later they came to Chongqing for the Dazu Rock Carvings. After that, they took train from Chongqing to Lasa, Tibet, because there was one of the cultural heritages of the world- the Potala Palace.

　　Although it was tiring to travel in many spots in such a short time, the boy didn’t dare to relax himself, because he needed to write down what he had saw as much as possible at those famous scenic spots, so as to share with his parents and friends. Also, he felt so lucky to get this valuable opportunity.

　　The last scenic spot was the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang which the boy had been expecting for a long time. However, facing surrounding magnificent desert, the boy seemed a little bit disappointed and kept looking for something.

　　After the TV crews finished shooting and was about to leave, the boy eventually couldn’t help asking them why they took him to this desert. “It’s not so-called one of the most famous attractions in China at all!” He burst into tears unexpectedly.

　　“What? Why do you think so?” The crews asked confusedly. “Because…Because there isn’t the logo for the top spot! Every Chinese most famous tourist attraction we have been has the logo, and that means the top scenic spot instead of just ordinary one!”

　　“Oh? That’s interesting. Why didn’t we notice that? So could you draw the logo for us?” “Sure.” The boy began to draw on his notebook and spent almost three minutes to finish.

　　“The logo may have a complex structure.” The crews thought. Then they took over the notebook, “Wow, is this Chinese?”

　　Yes, it was, and it said “到此一游”.

　　一枚標(biāo)志

　　“小小旅行夢(mèng)”是美國(guó)很有名的一檔電視節(jié)目。此節(jié)目旨在幫助那些生活在貧困國(guó)家，對(duì)外面世界一無所知的孩子，通過實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的旅行愿望，以此幫助他們來擴(kuò)寬視野。

　　在一期節(jié)目中，一位阿富汗的小男孩被選上參加了。起初，他還完全不知道發(fā)生了什么，搞不懂怎么突然來了那么多不認(rèn)識(shí)的人，還扛著奇怪的機(jī)器。在工作人員的耐心解釋后，他終于明白了。根據(jù)安排，節(jié)目組會(huì)帶著小男孩去到中國(guó)，參觀那里一系列最著名的景點(diǎn)。于是，小男孩的父母和朋友都不停地提醒他，回來后一定要把在那些最著名景點(diǎn)參觀時(shí)的見聞都統(tǒng)統(tǒng)告訴他們，因?yàn)榧依餂]有電視，也從來沒離開過阿富汗的他們對(duì)于外面世界的一切實(shí)在是太好奇了。出發(fā)前一晚，小男孩激動(dòng)得甚至連覺都睡不著。

　　終于可以出發(fā)前往中國(guó)了，在節(jié)目組人員的陪伴下，小男孩開啟了他的“小小旅行夢(mèng)”。首先第一站，他們?nèi)サ搅吮本?，游覽了長(zhǎng)城和故宮。隨后，他們飛往西安，參觀了秦始皇陵。接著，他們又去了重慶著名的景點(diǎn)，大足石刻。在那之后搭火車到拉薩，因?yàn)槟抢镉惺澜缫淮笪幕z產(chǎn)——布達(dá)拉宮。

　　雖然短時(shí)間內(nèi)游玩了這么多景點(diǎn)有些疲憊，但小男孩可不敢松懈，因?yàn)樗冒言谀切┲包c(diǎn)的所見所聞盡可能都記下來，以便回去后和父母、朋友分享。同時(shí)，他也格外珍惜這次自己獲得旅行機(jī)會(huì)的幸運(yùn)。

　　最后一站是位于新疆的塔克拉瑪干沙漠，這也是小男孩期待已久的一處景點(diǎn)。然而，當(dāng)?shù)搅四抢?，面?duì)四周壯美的沙漠之景時(shí)，他看起來卻有一點(diǎn)失落，還不停地找著個(gè)什么東西。

　　在節(jié)目組結(jié)束拍攝準(zhǔn)備離開時(shí)，小男孩終于忍不住問他們?yōu)槭裁磿?huì)帶他來這兒。“這根本不是所謂的中國(guó)最出名的旅游景點(diǎn)之一啊!”沒想到他說著竟然哭了出來。

　　“什么?為什么會(huì)這么想?”工作人員疑惑問道。“因?yàn)?hellip;…因?yàn)檫@里根本就沒有那個(gè)代表最著名系列景點(diǎn)的標(biāo)志!我們之前去過的每一處最著名系列景點(diǎn)都是有一個(gè)標(biāo)志的，那是代表最著名而不只是一般普通景點(diǎn)的標(biāo)志!”

　　“是嗎?有意思，我們?cè)趺礇]注意到?那你可以為我們畫一下那個(gè)標(biāo)志嗎?”“好的。”于是小男孩在他的筆記本上畫了起來，大概花了近三分鐘才畫好。

　　“看樣子這標(biāo)志結(jié)構(gòu)還挺復(fù)雜的。”工作人員想著，于是接過小男孩的筆記本一看，“哇，這個(gè)是中文嗎?”

　　是的，上面正寫著“到此一游”。