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Bean Soup
豆汤
2005-11-1 10:36:40   

When the waitress in a New York City restaurant brought him the soup du jour, the Englishman was a bit dismayed.
纽约一家餐馆中,服务员为一位英国男士端上一份例汤。

"Good heavens," he said, "what is this?"
“天呀,”他说:“这是什么?”

"Why, it's bean soup," she replied.
服务员答道:“怎么了,是豆汤(过去曾是汤)。”

"I don't care what it's been," he replied. "What is it now?"
“我不管他过去是什么,”他说:“我问现在它是什么?”

Note:

It's bean soup 与 It's been soup 发音相同。前者的意思是:它是豆汤;后者的意思是:它曾经是汤。

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