One day in the beginning of the 20th century, an old lady from the countryside came to the city and checked into1 a hotel. Then she said to the bellman, "I refuse to take a tiny2 room like this, with no window and no bed in it! You can't treat me like a fool just because I don't travel much! I am going to complain to the manager! "
So the bellman answered very politely, "Madam, this isn't your room. It's the elevator3!"
Notes:
1. check into 入?。ň频辏?
2. tiny 小的
3. elevator 電梯
二十世紀(jì)初的一天,有一位鄉(xiāng)下老太太進(jìn)城,住進(jìn)了一家賓館。她對(duì)門(mén)童說(shuō):“我拒絕住這么小的房間,既沒(méi)有窗戶(hù)也沒(méi)有床!不要以為我沒(méi)去過(guò)多少地方就想騙我!我要向你們經(jīng)理投訴!”
門(mén)童非常有禮貌地回答:“夫人,這不是您的房間,這是電梯!”
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1852年,世界上第一臺(tái)電梯在德國(guó)柏林誕生,采用電動(dòng)機(jī)拖動(dòng)。
1857年,世界第一臺(tái)載人電梯問(wèn)世。
1889年,奧的斯公司在紐約成功試制第一臺(tái)電力驅(qū)動(dòng)蝸輪減速電梯,這一設(shè)計(jì)思想為現(xiàn)代化的電梯奠定了基礎(chǔ),它的基本結(jié)構(gòu)至今仍被廣泛使用。