Looking very unhappy, a poor man entered a doctor's consulting-room.
一个看起来很难受的穷人走进大夫的诊室。
" Doctor," he said," you must help me. I swallowed a penny about a month ago."
“大夫!”他说,“帮帮我!一个月前我吞了一分硬币!”
" Good heavens, man!" said the doctor. " Why have you waited so long? Why don't you come to me on the day you swallowed it?"
“天哪,”大夫说,“早干嘛去了?你当时怎么不来看?”
" To tell you the truth, Doctor," the poor man replied," I didn't need the money so badly then."
“实话告诉您吧,大夫,”穷人说,“我当时还不缺钱!”