12 I can’t see
12 我看不到
An Irishman was once serving in a regiment in the desert. He wasn't fond of the climate of the war zone. The temperature sometimes was about 40 degrees centigrade, so he decided to think out a trick by which he could get home.
有个爱尔兰人在沙漠中的部队服兵役,他不喜欢战地的气候,那儿气候又是会超过40摄氏度。于是他决定想个法子回家。
He went to the doctor and said to him, "I have a disease of the eye. My eyesight is very bad. Can you do me a service?"
他去看医生,对医生说:“我眼睛有毛病,我视力太差了,你能帮助我吗?”
The doctor stared at him for a while and then asked, "Well, but how can you prove to me that your eyesight is bad?"
医生看了他一会儿说:“好的,你怎么能证明你的视力差呢?”
The Irishman looked about the room and at last said, "Well, doctor, can you see that nail on the ceiling?"
这个爱尔兰人看了看房间最后说道:“呃,医生,你能看到天花板上的那个钉子吗?”
"Yes," the doctor glanced at that black dot overhead, then replied.
“是的,”医生扫了一眼头顶的那个小黑点说。
"Well," said the Irishman, "But I can't."
“哦,”这个爱尔兰人说,“我却看不到。”