标题:
[10-30]中国寓言故事:讳不识字
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作者:
kobe
时间:
2015-10-30 08:02
标题:
[10-30]中国寓言故事:讳不识字
A man wrote a letter and had it sent to a rich man to borrow an ox.
有个人写了一封信，派人去向一个富翁借头牛。
The rich man was just receiving guests.
富翁正在会客。
He was
illiterate
, but he resented very much being considered
illiterate
.
富翁不识字，但是他却最忌讳人家说他不识字。
Upon receiving the letter, he opened the
envelope
, and skimmed through the letter as ifhe could read.
他一接到信，就拆开信封，装出识字的样子，默默地看了一遍，
Then he said to the
messenger
:“All right. I will go in a little while.”
然后对来人说:“知道了，等一会儿我就去!”
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