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“A lot of you offered me your prayers．But honestly,thank you very much———I can use them．I could also use US＄4 billion to balance the budget,if just in case any of you have some extra funds that you don't know what to do with．”
“你们之中很多人给我祈祷。坦白说，非常感谢———我需要祈祷。我还需要40亿美元来平衡预算，说不准你们当中某些人有不晓得怎么用的余钱。”
美国纽约市长布隆伯格向祝贺他正式上任的群众说。
“People thought I was doing it for the money until they heard the salary．”
“在得知市长薪酬有多少之前，人家还以为我参选是为了钱。”
美国宾夕法尼亚州默瑟市的19岁市长波特曼说。默瑟市有2391名居民，市长年薪1875美元。波特曼说他的理想是当美国总统。
“It's certainly more than a change of coins．It will have a political impact,but exactly what that will be we don't know．”
“那肯定不仅是改用新硬币。那有政治影响，可是究竟有什么影响我们不知道。”
德国萨尔布吕肯市民勒鲁评价欧元时说。图为柏林一家超市的收银员在查看欧元的防伪标记。
“I was so torn,because it's one of the best years to come,and one of the worst years to come．”
“我心情很矛盾，因为这既是最适合来的一年，也是最不适合来的一年。”
美国新泽西州居民拉金参观纽约世贸中心遗址时说。她说纽约的旅店难得减房租，所以和未婚夫来纽约旅行，给当地市民打气。图为旅游者在一座新建的观景平台上眺望世贸中心遗址。
“The doctors say that I have chicken pox quite mildly for a grown—up—but it is not much consolation when one is covered in spots！”
“医生说我出水痘，对成人来说不算严重———但一个人满身水痘时，那不是什么安慰！”
 1971年英女王伊丽莎白二世染水痘，首相希思曾写信问候她。她回信时发牢骚说。图为伊丽莎白女王当年的资料照片。
“No questions—we are fed up with talking．BBC,Reuters,CNN—no one buys．”
“别问了，我们觉得厌烦，不想说了。英国广播公司、路透社、有线新闻电视网——没人买东西。”
巴勒斯坦伯利恒一家橄榄木装饰品商店老板奥西亚接受《纽约时报》记者访问时说。图为穆斯林在马槽广场的清真寺彼此问候。 （香港《明报》）
“你们之中很多人给我祈祷。坦白说，非常感谢———我需要祈祷。我还需要40亿美元来平衡预算，说不准你们当中某些人有不晓得怎么用的余钱。”
美国纽约市长布隆伯格向祝贺他正式上任的群众说。
“People thought I was doing it for the money until they heard the salary．”
“在得知市长薪酬有多少之前，人家还以为我参选是为了钱。”
美国宾夕法尼亚州默瑟市的19岁市长波特曼说。默瑟市有2391名居民，市长年薪1875美元。波特曼说他的理想是当美国总统。
“It's certainly more than a change of coins．It will have a political impact,but exactly what that will be we don't know．”
“那肯定不仅是改用新硬币。那有政治影响，可是究竟有什么影响我们不知道。”
德国萨尔布吕肯市民勒鲁评价欧元时说。图为柏林一家超市的收银员在查看欧元的防伪标记。
“I was so torn,because it's one of the best years to come,and one of the worst years to come．”
“我心情很矛盾，因为这既是最适合来的一年，也是最不适合来的一年。”
美国新泽西州居民拉金参观纽约世贸中心遗址时说。她说纽约的旅店难得减房租，所以和未婚夫来纽约旅行，给当地市民打气。图为旅游者在一座新建的观景平台上眺望世贸中心遗址。
“The doctors say that I have chicken pox quite mildly for a grown—up—but it is not much consolation when one is covered in spots！”
“医生说我出水痘，对成人来说不算严重———但一个人满身水痘时，那不是什么安慰！”
 1971年英女王伊丽莎白二世染水痘，首相希思曾写信问候她。她回信时发牢骚说。图为伊丽莎白女王当年的资料照片。
“No questions—we are fed up with talking．BBC,Reuters,CNN—no one buys．”
“别问了，我们觉得厌烦，不想说了。英国广播公司、路透社、有线新闻电视网——没人买东西。”
巴勒斯坦伯利恒一家橄榄木装饰品商店老板奥西亚接受《纽约时报》记者访问时说。图为穆斯林在马槽广场的清真寺彼此问候。 （香港《明报》）
政坛人语
发达国家总是要求发展中国家必须采取它们自己都不会采取的经济措施，这是无法接受的。
———尼古拉斯·斯特恩，世界银行的首席经济学家。
（巴西《阅读》周刊）
现实比我想像的还要可怕。
———阿根廷前总统德拉鲁阿。他在辞去总统职务时如是说。
我们从一扇充满火光的大门中进入了新千年。
———联合国秘书长安南。去年他在接受诺贝尔和平奖时说。（巴西《这就是》周刊）
我完全没有当政经验却当选市长。他的委任如出一辙。
——美国纽约市长布隆伯格。他委任完全没有消防工作经验的科佩塔为消防局长。
他也许消瘦憔悴——我也会，假如连着几个月我都是轰炸目标。
——美国华盛顿恐怖主义问题专家本杰明。他看到12月26日拉丹讲话的录像带后认为拉丹的健康还不错。
（香港《明报》）
———尼古拉斯·斯特恩，世界银行的首席经济学家。
（巴西《阅读》周刊）
现实比我想像的还要可怕。
———阿根廷前总统德拉鲁阿。他在辞去总统职务时如是说。
我们从一扇充满火光的大门中进入了新千年。
———联合国秘书长安南。去年他在接受诺贝尔和平奖时说。（巴西《这就是》周刊）
我完全没有当政经验却当选市长。他的委任如出一辙。
——美国纽约市长布隆伯格。他委任完全没有消防工作经验的科佩塔为消防局长。
他也许消瘦憔悴——我也会，假如连着几个月我都是轰炸目标。
——美国华盛顿恐怖主义问题专家本杰明。他看到12月26日拉丹讲话的录像带后认为拉丹的健康还不错。
（香港《明报》）
终于解脱了 Free at Last
一对老夫妇决定分手。在他们获准合法分居之前，家庭裁判所坚持让他们咨询一下婚姻问题咨询员，看看他们的婚姻还能不能挽救。
咨询员尽了全力，但毫无效果。这对老人铁了心要分居，直至离婚。最后，咨询员颇感失望地说：“可你都95岁了，你妻子也93岁了，你们结婚都72年了！干吗现在才想分手呢？”
妻子答道：“我们后46年就水火不容了。可我们认为，应该等到孩子们都去世后再分手。”
 An elderl1y man and his wife decided to separate．Before being allowed to do so legally,the Family Court insisted they undergo some counseling from the marriage therˉapist to see if their union could be saved．
 The counselor did her best,but to no avail．The old folks were abˉsolutely determined to go through with the separaˉtion leading to divorce．
 Finally,in some desˉperation,the counselor said:“But you're 95 and your wife is 93．You've been married for 72 years！Why do you want to separate now?”
 To which the wife replied:“We haven't been able to stand each other for the last 46 years．But we thought we should wait until all the children died before we split up．”
咨询员尽了全力，但毫无效果。这对老人铁了心要分居，直至离婚。最后，咨询员颇感失望地说：“可你都95岁了，你妻子也93岁了，你们结婚都72年了！干吗现在才想分手呢？”
妻子答道：“我们后46年就水火不容了。可我们认为，应该等到孩子们都去世后再分手。”
 An elderl1y man and his wife decided to separate．Before being allowed to do so legally,the Family Court insisted they undergo some counseling from the marriage therˉapist to see if their union could be saved．
 The counselor did her best,but to no avail．The old folks were abˉsolutely determined to go through with the separaˉtion leading to divorce．
 Finally,in some desˉperation,the counselor said:“But you're 95 and your wife is 93．You've been married for 72 years！Why do you want to separate now?”
 To which the wife replied:“We haven't been able to stand each other for the last 46 years．But we thought we should wait until all the children died before we split up．”
大学毕业生 A College Graduate
一个被超市录用的小伙子第一天报到上班。经理笑脸相迎，和他热情握手，然后给他一把扫帚说：“你的第一项工作是打扫店堂。”
“可我是大学毕业生。”年轻人愤然回应。
“噢，对不起。我不知道。”经理说。“来，把扫帚给我……我让你看看怎么干。”
 A young man hired by a supermˉarket reported for his first day of work．The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and smile,gave him a broom and said,“Your first job will be to sweep out the store．”
“But I'm a college graduate,”the young man replied indignantly．
“Oh,I'm sorry．I didn't know that,”said the manager．“Here,give me the broom．．． I'll show you how．
“可我是大学毕业生。”年轻人愤然回应。
“噢，对不起。我不知道。”经理说。“来，把扫帚给我……我让你看看怎么干。”
 A young man hired by a supermˉarket reported for his first day of work．The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and smile,gave him a broom and said,“Your first job will be to sweep out the store．”
“But I'm a college graduate,”the young man replied indignantly．
“Oh,I'm sorry．I didn't know that,”said the manager．“Here,give me the broom．．． I'll show you how．
财富、智慧或美色 Wealth,Wisdom or Beauty
一个天使出现在学院全体教员会议上，并对院长说，上帝要对他大公无私的模范行为给予奖赏，无穷无尽的财富、智慧或美色任他挑选。
院长毫不迟疑地选择了无穷的智慧。
“好啦！”天使说，接着化为一缕青烟和一道闪电消失了。
在场的人都转向被一道朦胧的光环笼罩着的院长。末了，一位同事低声说：“讲几句。”
院长叹道：“我应该要钱。”
 An angel appears at a faculty meeting and tells the dean that in return for his unselfish and exemplary behavior,the Lord will reˉward him with his choice of infinite wealth,wisdom,or beauty．
 Without hesitating,the dean selects infinite wisdom．
“Done！”says the angel,and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of lighting．
 Now,all heads turn toward the dean,who sits surrounded by a faint halo of light．At length,one of his colleagues whisper,“Say something．”
 The dean sighs and says,“I should have taken the money．”
院长毫不迟疑地选择了无穷的智慧。
“好啦！”天使说，接着化为一缕青烟和一道闪电消失了。
在场的人都转向被一道朦胧的光环笼罩着的院长。末了，一位同事低声说：“讲几句。”
院长叹道：“我应该要钱。”
 An angel appears at a faculty meeting and tells the dean that in return for his unselfish and exemplary behavior,the Lord will reˉward him with his choice of infinite wealth,wisdom,or beauty．
 Without hesitating,the dean selects infinite wisdom．
“Done！”says the angel,and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of lighting．
 Now,all heads turn toward the dean,who sits surrounded by a faint halo of light．At length,one of his colleagues whisper,“Say something．”
 The dean sighs and says,“I should have taken the money．”
有去无回 One Way Trip
一天深夜，一醉汉上了公共汽车，摇摇晃晃地穿过过道，坐在一老太太旁边。
老太太上下打量着醉汉说：“我有个消息要告诉你，你正在走向地狱！”
醉汉从座位上跳起来，嚷道：“哎呀，我坐错车了！”
 A drunken man gets on the bus late one night,staggers up the aisle,and sits next to an elderly woman．
 She looks the man up and down and says,“I've got news for you．You're going straight to hell！”
 The man jumps up out of his seat and shouts,“Man,I'm on the wrong bus！”
老太太上下打量着醉汉说：“我有个消息要告诉你，你正在走向地狱！”
醉汉从座位上跳起来，嚷道：“哎呀，我坐错车了！”
 A drunken man gets on the bus late one night,staggers up the aisle,and sits next to an elderly woman．
 She looks the man up and down and says,“I've got news for you．You're going straight to hell！”
 The man jumps up out of his seat and shouts,“Man,I'm on the wrong bus！”