英語(yǔ)翻譯
One day a middle-aged woman telephoned her doctor.
“Doctor,” she said,“I’m having a lot of trouble with my shoulders.It hurts me all the time and I can’t sleep at night.”
“Come this afternoon,” said the doctor,“and I’ll have a look at it.”
That afternoon the woman went to the doctor’s office.He gave her a very through examination,asked a lot of questions,and listened carefully to her answers.
“Well,my dear,” he said,“it looks like that you have arthritis.”
“Arthritis?” she said.“Oh,no!What am I going to do?”
“Don’t worry,” he answered.“I’ll give you a prescription(藥方) and the pain will go away.” The doctor took out his pen,wrote a prescription,and handed her his bill for fifty dollars.The woman opened her pocket book,took out a fifty-dollar check,took the painkillers(止痛藥),said goodbye and left.
The doctor mailed the check to his bank,but a week later he was surprised to find that the check was returned to him,marked “Insufficient Funds(存款不足)”.He telephoned the woman immediately.
“I’m very sorry to have to tell you this,” he began,“but your check came back this week.”
“Oh,really?” said the woman.“That’s quite a coincidence(巧合).”
“What do you mean?” asked the doctor.
“Well,” said the woman,“so did my arthritis.”