18 A Joke— “I stand corrected”
    I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans. “So,”I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, "I stand corrected.
    lean 傾斜
    slightly 輕微地
    check out 檢查
    refuse 拒絕
    quarter 四分之一
    surgery 手術(shù)
    cure 治愈
    fix 治愈
    stand corrected 認(rèn)錯(cuò)
    笑話——“我誠(chéng)懇認(rèn)錯(cuò)”
    我有一個(gè)朋友，他似乎總是微微向左傾斜。這個(gè)問(wèn)題曾經(jīng)非常困擾我，所以我建議他去看醫(yī)生，檢查一下他的腿。幾年來(lái)，他總是不聽(tīng)我的建議，還說(shuō)我不正常，但是上星期，他終于去看了醫(yī)生。果真，醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。一個(gè)很快的小手術(shù)后，他康復(fù)了，現(xiàn)在他的兩條腿完全一樣長(zhǎng)了，他也不再傾斜了。“你看，”我說(shuō)，“那時(shí)我告訴你醫(yī)生可以治好你的腿時(shí)你還不相信我呢?！彼粗艺f(shuō)：“我認(rèn)錯(cuò)了。”