A Funny Thing Happened to Me-我碰到的一樁趣事……,A Funny Th
A Funny Thing Happened to Me-我碰到的一樁趣事……
A Funny Thing Happened to Me
A funny thing happened to me last Friday. I'd gone to London to do some shopping. I wanted to get some Christmas presents, and I needed to find some books for my course at school (you see, I'm a student). I caught an early train to London so by early afternoon I'd bought everything that I wanted. Anyway, I'm not very fond of London, all the noise and traffic, and I'd made some arrangements for that evening. So, I took a taxi to Waterloo station. I can't really afford taxis, but I wanted to get the 3:30 train. Unfortunately the taxi got stuck in a traffic jam, and by the time I got to Waterloo, the train had just gone. I had to wait an hour for the next one. I bought an evening newspaper the 'Standard', and wandered over to the station buffet. At that time of day it's nearly empty, so I bought a coffee and a packet of biscuits--chocolate biscuits. I'm yew fond of chocolate biscuits. There were plenty of empty tables and I found one near the window. I sat down and began doing the crossword. enjoy doing crossword puzzles.
After a couple of minutes a man sat down opposite me. There was nothing special about him, except that he was very tall. In fact he looked like a typical city businessman--you know, dark suit and briefcase. I didn't say anything and I carried on with my crossword. Suddenly he reached across the table, opened my packet of biscuits, took one, dipped it into his coffee and popped it into his mouth, I couldn't believe my eyes! I was too shocked to say any thing. Anyway, I didn't want to make a fuss, so I decided to ignore it. I always avoid trouble if I can. I just took a biscuit myself and went back to my crossword.
When the man took a second biscuit, I didn't look up and I didn't make a sound. I pretended to be very interested in the puzzle. After a couple of minutes, I casually put out my hand, took the last biscuit and glanced at the man. He was staring at me furiously. I nervously put the biscuit in my mouth, and decided to leave. I was ready to get up and go when the man suddenly pushed back his chair, stood up and hurried out of the buffet. I felt very re. lieved and decided to wait two or three minutes before going myself. I finished my coffee, folded my newspaper and stood up. And there, on the table, where my newspaper had been, was my packet of biscuits.
我碰到的一樁趣事……
上周五我碰到了一樁有趣的事。我去倫敦購物,想買些圣誕禮物,還想找些學(xué)校教程(你知道,我是名學(xué)生)。我趕了早班車去倫敦,這樣剛到下午我就已經(jīng)買好了想買的一切。不管怎樣,我不喜歡倫敦,喧鬧且交通擁擠,而且那天晚上,我已經(jīng)有了安排。于是我搭出租車去了滑鐵盧車站。其實(shí)我是搭不起出租車的,可我想趕上3:30的火車。不幸的是,出租車遇到了交通阻塞,等我到滑鐵盧的時(shí)候,火車剛好離開。無奈,我只好等一 個(gè)小時(shí)乘下一趟。我買了一份晚報(bào)《標(biāo)準(zhǔn)報(bào)》,然后逛到了車站
的餐廳。那時(shí)候餐廳幾乎空無一人,于是我買了一杯咖啡、一包餅干——巧克力餅干。我非常喜歡巧克力餅干。那里有好多空桌子,我挑了一張靠窗的。坐下后我開始做字謎游戲。我一直很喜歡玩字謎游戲。
幾分鐘后一個(gè)男人坐在我的對面。他除了個(gè)子高沒什么特別的。事實(shí)上,他看上去像個(gè)典型的城市商人——你知道,黑色套裝和公文包,我沒說什么,繼續(xù)做我的字謎游戲。突然他把手伸到桌上,打開了我那包餅干,拿出一塊,蘸了蘸他的咖啡,很快塞進(jìn)嘴里。我簡直不能相信自己的眼睛!我震驚得一句話也說不出來。不管怎么說,我不想小題大做,所以我決定只當(dāng)沒看見算了。能不惹麻煩,我盡量不惹麻煩,我只是拿了一塊餅干,又回到我的字謎游上。
那個(gè)男人拿第二塊餅干時(shí),我沒抬頭,也沒出聲,裝出一副對字謎很感興趣的樣子。幾分鐘后,我不經(jīng)意地伸出手,拿出了最后一塊餅干,然后看了看那個(gè)男人。他正怒氣沖沖地盯著我。我不安地把餅干放進(jìn)嘴里,并決定離開。我正要起身離開時(shí),那個(gè)男人突然推開椅子,急匆匆地走出了餐廳。我感到很輕松,決定等兩三分鐘再走。我喝完咖啡,疊好報(bào)紙,站了起來。只見桌上,放報(bào)紙的地方,放著我的那包餅干。
A Funny Thing Happened to Me-我碰到的一樁趣事……