The Speaker
The after-dinner speaker was droning on and on and on, boring everyone to tears. One of the guests, fighting to keep his drooping eyelids open, turned to the lady on his right and said, "Can nothing be done to shut him up?"
"If there is I''d like to know," said the lady, "I''m his wife and I''ve been trying to shut him up for twenty years."
讲演者
一位晚餐后的讲演者冗长郁闷地说个没完没了，以至使每个人都烦得哈欠连天，有一位客人使劲睁开他沉重的眼皮，转向坐在他右边的一位夫人说：”有没有办法使他不说了？“
”如果有办法的话，我倒很想知道。“这位夫人说，”我是他的妻子，我已经试了二十年了，都没能办到。“