One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. "It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."?

The boss eyed him suspiciously. "Oh, yeah? Then how did you ever get here?"?

"I finally gave up," he said, "and started for home."?

一個冬天的早晨，一名雇員解釋他為什么遲到了四十五分鐘才起來上班。

“外面太滑了，我每向前邁一步，就要向后退兩步?！?

老板狐疑地看著他?！班蓿菃?？那你是怎樣到這里來的？”

“后來我決定放棄，”他說，“然后我就往家里走?！?