史密斯先生和小偷(Mr. Smith and a Thief)
one day on his way home, mr. smith saw a thief carrying a tv set and a recorder running along the street hurriedly. he didn't stop the thief.
instead, he pulled down his hat and pretended not to have seen him. a few minutes later, a policeman stopped him and asked if he had seen a man with a tv set and a recorder pass by. mt. smith answered that he hadn' t. the policeman, however, soon caught the thief. when mr. smith got home, he was surprised to see that it was his own things that had been stolen.
史密斯先生和小偷
一天在回家的路上，史密斯先生看見(jiàn)一位小偷扛了一臺(tái)電視機(jī)和一臺(tái)錄音機(jī)正匆匆而過(guò)。他沒(méi)有去阻止這位小偷，而是用他的帽子遮住臉，假裝沒(méi)看見(jiàn)。
幾分鐘后，一位警察過(guò)來(lái)問(wèn)他是否看見(jiàn)一個(gè)扛電視機(jī)和錄音機(jī)的人經(jīng)過(guò)，史密斯先生說(shuō)他沒(méi)看見(jiàn)。后來(lái)，警察抓住了這個(gè)小偷。當(dāng)史密斯先生到家時(shí)，他吃驚地發(fā)現(xiàn)被偷的東西就是他的。