妙語(yǔ)短篇A1之14、NO ELEPHANTS

1、14、NO ELEPHANTSJill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city.she had to go to work every day by train.There was only one other person in the train with her.this was a well-dressed man reading a newspaper .Suddenly ,about halfway through the journey ,the man began tearing his newspaper int

2、o hundreds of small pieces.then he picked them up ,opened the window and threw them all out.This done,he sat down,closed his eyes,and slept for the rest of the journey .The next day ,Jill Jones got into the same train.The same well-dressed man was there ,reading a newspaper.As before ,about halfway

3、through the journey ,the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces .then he picked the pieces up,opened the window and threw them all out.This done,he sat down,closed his eyes,and slept for the rest of the journey .This happened every day for a week .At last,on Friday ,Jill Jones

4、 spoke to the man .“excuse me,sir ,”she said ,“I dont want to be rude ,but I must ask you a question .when we are halfway through our journey,you tear your newspaper into hundreds of pieces and then throw them all out of the window .please tell me,sir.Why do you do this ” The well-dressed man s

5、miled.“there s a simple reason ,”he said.“I like to sleep for part of the journey,but I cannot sleep if the train is full of elephants .so I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants .it stops them from coming into the train .” "But there aren't any elephants in the train,'Jil

6、l Jone said."I know,"the man said."it works well,doesn't it?14 沒(méi)有大象 吉兒瓊斯在城市的一個(gè)與眾不同的地段有了一個(gè)新的工作，她必須每天坐火車去上班。 在火車中只有兩個(gè)人,她及一個(gè)穿著很好的男人看一份報(bào)紙。 經(jīng)過(guò)旅程的一半，突然男人開(kāi)始將他的報(bào)紙撕得粉碎。 做完之后，他坐了下來(lái),閉上了他的眼睛,剩下的旅程他一直在睡覺(jué)。第二天，吉兒瓊斯進(jìn)入了相同的火車。 還是那個(gè)穿著良好的男人在坐那里 ,看一份報(bào)紙。 經(jīng)過(guò)旅程的一半，男人開(kāi)始將他的報(bào)紙撕碎。然后他拾起碎片, 打開(kāi)了窗戶而且把碎片全部扔出去。 做完之后，他坐了下來(lái),關(guān)閉了他的眼睛,剩下的旅程他一直在睡覺(jué)。 每天就這樣，持續(xù)發(fā)生了一個(gè)星期。 最后，在星期五，吉兒瓊斯跟男人說(shuō)話。 "對(duì)不起 , 先生 , " 她說(shuō) , "我不想你粗魯無(wú)禮，我要問(wèn)你一個(gè)問(wèn)題。當(dāng)我們經(jīng)過(guò)我們的旅程一半的時(shí)候，你將你的報(bào)紙撕碎然后打開(kāi)窗戶把碎片扔出去。請(qǐng)告訴我, 先生，你為什么這樣做 ?” 穿著良好的男人微笑。 "我有一個(gè)非常簡(jiǎn)單的理由 , " ，