雙語城市

雙語城市

A patron in Montreal cafe turned on a tap in the washroom and got scalded. "This is an outrage," he complained. "The faucet marked C gave me boiling water.""But, Monsieur, C stands for chaude - French for hot. You should know that if you live in Montreal.""Wait a minute," roared the patron. "The other tap is also marked C.""Of course," said the manager, "It stands for cold. After all, Montreal is a bilingual city."

蒙特利爾咖啡館的一位顧客擰開盥洗室的水龍頭，結(jié)果被水燙傷了。“這太可惡了，”他抱怨道，“標(biāo)著C的龍頭流出的是開水。”“可是，先生，C代表Chaude，在法語里代表‘熱’。如果您住在蒙特利爾的話就應(yīng)該知道這一點。”“等等，”那位顧客咆哮著，“另外一個龍頭標(biāo)的也是C。”“那當(dāng)然，”經(jīng)理說道：“這個C代表冷。畢竟，蒙特利爾是個雙語城市。”