Lesson 40 Who's who 真假難辨

　　It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoypractical jokes more than anyone else. Students specialize in a particular typeof practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire-brigade to put out anon-existent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting studentwould ever indulge in. Students often create amusing situations which are funnyto everyone except the victims.

　　When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drilloutside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed themthat two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with apneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen andtold them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to takehim seriously. He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and wasplaying all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmenwere grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.

　　The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and heareverything that went on. Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene andpolitely asked the workmen to go away. When he received a very rude reply fromone of the workmen, he threatened to remove them by force. The workmen told himto do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help. Shortly afterwards,four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen. As the menrefused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill. Theworkmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper. He threatened tocall the police. At this, the police pointed out ironically that this wouldhardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest. Pretending to speakseriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call beforebeing taken to the station. Permission was granted and a policeman accompaniedhim to a pay phone. Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning thepolice did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.

　　誰也弄不清為什么大學(xué)生好像比任何人都更喜歡惡作劇。大學(xué)生擅長(zhǎng)一種特殊的惡作劇——戲弄人。請(qǐng)消防隊(duì)來撲滅一場(chǎng)根本沒有的大火是一種低級(jí)騙局，有自尊心的大學(xué)生決不會(huì)去做。大學(xué)生們常常做的是制造一種可笑的局面，除了受害者大家都覺得非常滑稽。

　　最近有個(gè)學(xué)生看見兩個(gè)工人在大學(xué)校門外用風(fēng)鉆干活，馬上打電話報(bào)告警察，說有兩個(gè)學(xué)生裝扮成工人，正在用風(fēng)鉆破壞路面。掛上電話后，他又馬上來到工人那兒，告訴他們?nèi)粲袀€(gè)警察來讓他們走開，不要把他當(dāng)回事;還對(duì)工人說，有個(gè)學(xué)生常裝扮成警察無聊地同別人開玩笑。警察與工人都對(duì)那個(gè)學(xué)生事先通報(bào)情況表示感謝。

　　那學(xué)生躲在附近一拱形門廊里，在那兒可以看見、聽到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)發(fā)生的一切。果然，警察來了，有禮貌地請(qǐng)工人離開此地;但其中一個(gè)工人粗魯?shù)鼗亓藥拙洹Ｓ谑蔷焱{要強(qiáng)行使他們離開。工人說，悉聽尊便。警察去打電話叫人。一會(huì)兒工夫，又來了4個(gè)警察，規(guī)勸工人離開。由于工人拒絕停下手中的活，警察想奪風(fēng)鉆。兩個(gè)工人奮力抗?fàn)帲渲幸粋€(gè)發(fā)了火，威脅說要去叫警察。警察聽后譏諷地說，這大可不必，因?yàn)樗麄z已被逮捕了。其中一個(gè)工人裝模作樣地問道，在被帶往警察局之前，是否可以打一個(gè)電話。警察同意了，陪他來到一個(gè)投幣電話前。當(dāng)他看到那個(gè)工人真的是給警察掛電話，才恍然大悟，原來他們都成了一場(chǎng)騙局的受害者。

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