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第70章 骡子

On Monday Fred,an old country farmer,bought a mule from Luke,another old farmer,for100.Luke promised to deliver the mule the next day。

On Tuesday Luke drove up and said,“Sorry,Fred,but I have some bad news。The mule died。”

Fred,“Well,then,just give me my money back。”

Luke,“Can't do that。I went and spent it already。”

Fred,“Well,OK then。Just unload the mule。”

Luke,“What you gonna do with a dead mule?”

Fred,“I'm going to raffle him off。”

Luke,“You can't raffle off a dead mule!”

Fred,“Sure I can。I just won't tell anybody he's dead。”

Several days later the two farmers met up。

Luke:What happened to that dead mule?

Fred:I raffled him off just like I said I would。Sold 500 tickets at2 each!

Luke:Didn't anyone complain?

Fred:Just the guy who won。So I gave him his two dollars back。

星期一,老农福瑞德花100美元从老农卢克手中买了一头骡子。卢克答应第二天给福瑞德送过去。

星期二,卢克对福瑞德说:“福瑞德,对不起,我有坏消息。骡子死了。”

福瑞德:“好吧,把钱还给我就是了。”

卢克:“不行,我已经花了。”

福瑞德:“好吧,把骡子放下来。”

卢克:“你能用一头死骡子做什么?”

福瑞德:“我能用它来抽奖啊。”

卢克:“你可不能用死骡子来抽奖!”

福瑞德:“当然能。不告诉别人它死了就是了。”

几天之后,两位老农又见面了。

卢克:“那头死骡子怎么样了?”

福瑞德:“就像我说的那样,我用它来抽奖啊,卖了500张票,一张2美元!”

卢克:“没人投诉?”

福瑞德:“只有那个中奖的人投诉了。我把他那两美元还给他就是了。”

1.raffle v。用对奖方法销售

Chuck said,I'm going to raffle him off。(查克说:“我可以用它来玩儿抽奖游戏啊!”)

1.drive up 抬高,开车赶到,迫使……上升

Please drive up to the window。Thank you。(请把车开到出口处,谢谢。)