英語笑話:Not to Be Taken Out 概不外借

Mark Twain once went to borrow a certain book from a neighbour in Tarry town."May I borrow a book from you?" he asked politely."Yes, you're more than welcome to it," the neighbour told him."But I must ask you to read it here. You know I make a rule never to let any book go out of my library."Some days later the neighbour wished to borrow Twain's machine for cutting grass in the garden."Why, certainly," Twain told him, "You're more than welcome to it. But I must ask you to use it here. You know that I make it a rule never to let it go out of my garden."在特里鎮，馬克.吐溫有一次去一位鄰居那兒借本書。“我可以向您借本書嗎？”他禮貌地問道。“當然，非常樂意，”鄰居告訴他，“但我要求你在這兒讀。你知道我有一條規定，那就是決不讓一本書拿出我的圖書室。 ”幾天後，這位鄰人想從吐溫那兒借臺割草機。“噢，當然，”吐溫告訴他，“非常樂意借給你。但我要你在這兒用。你知道我從來不允許它拿出我的花園。”