I thought my wife, Barbara, was losing her hearing, so one day I decided to test it. I quietly walked in the front door and stood 30 feet behind her, "Barbara," I said, "can you hear me?" There was no response, so I moved to 20 feet behind her behind her, "Barbara," I repeated, "can you hear me ?" Still no reply. I advanced to 10 feet and asked, "Now can you hear me?" "Yes, dear," Barbara answered. "For the third time, yes!"
我以為我的妻子芭芭拉耳聾了。有一天,我想證明一下,我輕輕走進(jìn)前門,站在她后面三十英尺的地方,“芭芭拉,”我說(shuō),“你聽(tīng)得見(jiàn)我嗎?”她沒(méi)有回答。所以我又走過(guò)去一些,站在她后面二十英尺的地方,“芭芭拉,”我重復(fù)道,“你聽(tīng)得見(jiàn)我嗎?”還是沒(méi)有回答。我又往前到了只有十英尺的地方,我問(wèn):“現(xiàn)在聽(tīng)得見(jiàn)嗎?”“是的,親愛(ài)的,”芭芭拉說(shuō),“我已經(jīng)說(shuō)了第三遍了。”