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!"

我以为我的妻子芭芭拉耳聋了。有一天，我想证明一下，我轻轻走进前门，站在她后面三十英尺的地方，“芭芭拉，”我说，“你听得见我吗？”她没有回答。所以我又走过去一些，站在她后面二十英尺的地方，“芭芭拉，”我重复道，“你听得见我吗？”还是没有回答。我又往前到了只有十英尺的地方，我问：“现在听得见吗？”“是的，亲爱的，”芭芭拉说，“我已经说了第三遍了。”