英語笑話：I’m Really Coming!
A new preacher had just begun his sermon and
he was a little nervous so about ten minutes
into the talk his mind went blank. He then
remembered what they had taught him in
seminary to do in such a situation: Repeat the
last statement he made to remind himself of
what to say next. So he thought he would give
it a try and repeated his last statement, saying,
“Behold, I’m coming. I’m coming quickly.?
But his mind was still blank so he tried again
and said, “Behold, I’m coming quickly!?But
still nothing happened so he tried again, this
time with such force that he fell forward,
knocking the pulpit to one side, tripping over
a flower pot and falling into the lap of a little
old lady in the front row. So the young preacher
apologized and tried to explain what had
happened but the old woman said, “Oh, that’s
all right young man; that’s all right. It was my
fault! I should have gotten out of the way
especially after you told me three times
that you were coming!?
我「真的」要來了！
一位新的傳教士剛開始布道，有點緊張，講了約十分鐘
之后，他的腦子一片空白。他想起在神學(xué)院里有教過，
遇到這種情形時，可以重復(fù)剛才講的最后一句，提醒
自己接下來要說什么。 他想試試看，于是他重復(fù)上一句：
「看哪！我要來了，我就快來了！」但是他的腦子還是
一片空白，所以他再試了一次：「看哪！我就快來了！」
還是毫無效果。他又再試了一次，這次他因為太用力了，
竟然往前跌了下去，把講壇撞到一邊，又被花盆絆倒，
最后跌到前排一位老太太的腿上。這位年輕的傳教士
趕緊道歉，想解釋剛才是怎么回事。 但老婦人說：
「喔，沒關(guān)系，年輕人！不要緊！這是我的錯，
我應(yīng)該讓路的，更何況你已經(jīng)告訴我三次你要來了！」
A new preacher had just begun his sermon and
he was a little nervous so about ten minutes
into the talk his mind went blank. He then
remembered what they had taught him in
seminary to do in such a situation: Repeat the
last statement he made to remind himself of
what to say next. So he thought he would give
it a try and repeated his last statement, saying,
“Behold, I’m coming. I’m coming quickly.?
But his mind was still blank so he tried again
and said, “Behold, I’m coming quickly!?But
still nothing happened so he tried again, this
time with such force that he fell forward,
knocking the pulpit to one side, tripping over
a flower pot and falling into the lap of a little
old lady in the front row. So the young preacher
apologized and tried to explain what had
happened but the old woman said, “Oh, that’s
all right young man; that’s all right. It was my
fault! I should have gotten out of the way
especially after you told me three times
that you were coming!?
我「真的」要來了！
一位新的傳教士剛開始布道，有點緊張，講了約十分鐘
之后，他的腦子一片空白。他想起在神學(xué)院里有教過，
遇到這種情形時，可以重復(fù)剛才講的最后一句，提醒
自己接下來要說什么。 他想試試看，于是他重復(fù)上一句：
「看哪！我要來了，我就快來了！」但是他的腦子還是
一片空白，所以他再試了一次：「看哪！我就快來了！」
還是毫無效果。他又再試了一次，這次他因為太用力了，
竟然往前跌了下去，把講壇撞到一邊，又被花盆絆倒，
最后跌到前排一位老太太的腿上。這位年輕的傳教士
趕緊道歉，想解釋剛才是怎么回事。 但老婦人說：
「喔，沒關(guān)系，年輕人！不要緊！這是我的錯，
我應(yīng)該讓路的，更何況你已經(jīng)告訴我三次你要來了！」