爆笑英語幽默笑話精63:Saving Face顧全面子(英漢雙語笑話)
63.Saving Face
63.顧全面子
Once there was a scholar who was very poor,but was very much concerned with his reputation. One evening,a thief broke into the scholar’s house,but he could find nothing worth stealing. So he said,"What bad lucky Ihave hit upon a real beggars”Hearing this,the scholar fished out little money he had from his bed head,and went after the thief. He stopped the thief and whispered to him,"You come at a most inopportune time. Would you please make do with this little money2 But for Heaven’s sake don’t talk about it in front of anyone else.By all means leave me a little face,eh?”
從前有個讀書人家里很窮,卻很愛面子。一天晚上,小偷到他家來行竊,卻沒有東西值得一偷,就說:“晦氣,我算碰到真正的窮鬼了!”讀書人聽見了,就從床頭摸出僅有的幾文錢,追上去攔住小偷,輕輕地說:“你來得真不巧。請將就些把這些錢拿去。不過在人家面前,你可千萬不要隨便說,給我留點面子啊。”
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