英語(yǔ)雙語(yǔ)幽默短文：杯水救火災(zāi)

　　Once, late at night, an Englishman came out of his room into the corridor of a hotel and asked the servant to bring him a glass of water.

The servant did as he was asked. The Englishman re-entered his room, but a few minutes later he came into the corridor again and once more asked the servant for a glass of water. The servant brought him another glass of water. Every few minutes the Englishmen would come out of his room and repeat his request.

After a half-hour the astonished servant decided to ask the Englishman what he was doing with the water. Nothing, the Englishman answered imperturbably , "It’s simply that my room is on fire. "

　　一天晚上，一個(gè)英國(guó)人從他住的旅店房間里走出來(lái)。來(lái)到走廊上，叫旅店的服務(wù)員給他拿一杯水來(lái)。

服務(wù)員按他的要求做了。英國(guó)人回到了他的房間里，幾分鐘后他又來(lái)到走廊上，讓服務(wù)員再給他送一杯水。服務(wù)員又給他送了一杯水。每隔幾分鐘。英國(guó)人就走出房間重復(fù)他的要求。

半小時(shí)之后，這位感到驚訝的服務(wù)員決定問(wèn)問(wèn)房客要這些水干什么，英國(guó)人不謊不忙地回答：“沒(méi)什么，只不過(guò)是我的房間里起火了。”