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　　As I sat with my pet in the veterinarian's waiting room，a woman and her old English sheepdog emerged from one of the examining rooms. The dog sat obediently while the woman asked for her bill. When told it was$80, she looked down at the dog and said，"Did you hear that? Get a job."

　　我带着小狗等在兽医的侯诊室里，一位妇女和她的英国种牧羊狗从诊室里走出来。当主人在问诊费时，小构乖乖地坐在一边。当主人被告知诊资是80元时，那妇女低头看了看自己的小狗说：“你听到了吧，得去找份工作了。”

　　One day I retrieved an“Attempt to Deliver Package"slip from my mail box. The letter carrier had just left，so I caught up to him and asked for the parcel.

　　有一天，我从信箱里取出一个纸条，上面写着：“试投包裹单。”邮递员已经走了，但我还是追上了他，向他要包裹。

　　"I didn't bring it，"he replied. "I just brought along the slip."

　　“我没带来，”他说，“我只是给你捎了个单子。”

　　"You're supposed to try to deliver the package. "I said."Please bring it tomorrow.“

　　“你应该负责送包裹吧，”我说：“那你明天带我把它带来吧。"

　　“可以”他告诉我，“但是你得在上午九点之前给邮局打个电话，再提醒一下这事。”

　　"Okay，”he told me，"but first make sure that you call the post office before 9 a. m”

　　“我现丰就去打。”

　　"I'll phone them right now.”

　　“现在可不行。”他说。

　　"You can't，"he said.

　　“为什么？”

　　" Why not?"

　　“因为，你打电话找的是我，而我现在不在邮局。”

　　"Because you have to talk to me，and I'm not there."

　　After my husband，John，and I moved to Michigan from Nebraska，our new friends，proud of their beautiful tree一lined roads，teased us about the Mid-west's dull，flat，treeless land. When my parents，Nebraska farmers，visited us，I asked them about their trip.

　　我和丈夫约翰从内布拉斯加搬到密西根后，我们新认识的朋友们总为他们美丽的林荫大过引以为荣。他们嘲讽我们的中西部平原荒凉、贫瘩，连株枯树都没有。后来我父母从内布拉斯加的老家来看我们，我问他们对旅途的感受。

　　What a boring drive，"my father replied."Once you get to Michigan, there's nothing to see but trees."

　　我父亲抱怨着：“枯澡，乏味，一进入密西根，除了树什么都没有。”