妙语短篇A1之7、The package

7、The package

One morning a mailman walked up to a house. He rang the bell.

A few seconds later a window of the house opened, and a woman put her head out.

"What is it ?" she wanted to know.

"I've got a package for Mrs. Smith, "the mailman said.

"Is it registered?" the woman asked.

"Yes," the mailman said.

"Is it a big package or a small package?" the woman wanted to know next.

"It's quite a big package." the mailman told her.

"I see."

The woman thought for a minute, then she said, "Who is it from?"

The mailman looked at the return address on the back of the package.

"It's from Jones and Jones in London," he said.

Now the woman was very interested." From Jones and Jones, eh?" she said." That's a very expensive shop. What's in the package?"

"Madam," the mailman said, becoming quite angry with the woman, "I don't know. Why don't you come down and take the package from me. Then you can open it and find out."

"Oh, i can't do that," the woman said.

"Why not?" the mailman said.

"Because I'm not Mrs. Smith," she said." You've come to the wrong house. Mrs. Smith lives next door.

7.包裹

一天上午邮递员走到一所房子门前，他拉响了门铃。

几秒钟后，房子里的一扇窗户打开了，一名女子头伸了出来。

“这是什么？”她想知道。

“这是史密斯夫人的包裹，”邮递员说。

“挂号的吗？”该名女子问。

“是的，”邮递员说。

“这是一个大的包裹还是一个小的？”那女子又想知道。

“这是一个相当大的包裹。”邮递员告诉她。

“我知道了。”

那女子的思考了一会儿，然后她说，“它是从哪里寄来的？”

邮递员看了看包裹后面的邮寄地址，说：“这是伦敦的琼斯寄来的，”他说。

现在，那女子非常感兴趣。“从琼斯那儿寄来的，是吗？”她说，“那是一个非常高档的商店。在包装里面有什么？”

“小姐，”邮递员说，他变得相当愤怒，“ 我不明白，你为什么不下来取走它，这样你就可以打开并看看它是什么了。”

“哦，我不能那样做，”那女子说。

“为什么不呢？”邮递员问道。

“因为我不是史密斯夫人，”她说，“您找错房子了，史密斯夫人住在隔壁。