"It's ten o'clock," screamed the boss, "you were supposed to be here at nine. What happened?"
"I'm sorry," explained Mr. Brown, "I fell out of ten-story window."
"That took you a whole hour?"
布朗先生上班整整遲到了一小時(shí),他衣衫不整,渾身青紫,一只胳膊上還打著繃帶。他的老板怒火沖天。
“現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)十點(diǎn)了,”老板咆哮著,“你九點(diǎn)鐘就應(yīng)該來的。到底發(fā)生了什么事?”
“對(duì)不起,”布朗先生解釋道,“我從10層樓的窗戶里摔下去了。”
“難道那也要用整整一個(gè)小時(shí)嗎?”