A Frenchman in New York
一个法国人在纽约
One day a Frenchman went to New York.
一天,一个法国人去了纽约。
He didn't know a word of English.
他不会英语。
When he arrived in New York, he took a bus to a hotel.
当他到达纽约时,他乘坐公共汽车去宾馆。
It was Sunday, and the Frenchman decided to go out for a walk.
那天是星期天,法国人决定出去散步。
As he walked along the street, he suddenly remembered
当他沿街道走时,他突然想起
that he didn't know the name of the street.
他不知道这条街的名字。
So he decided to write it down.
所以他决定把它写下来。
He looked at the wall near the corner of the street.
他看着街角的墙。
Then he saw some English words and copied them down in his notebook.
他看见了一些英语单词，并写在了记事本上。
"Now I know the name of the street, " he said to himself.
他对自己说，我现在知道这条街叫什么了。
"it will be easy for me to get back to the hotel. "
我能够轻而易举地回到宾馆。
He walked for a long time in the city.
他在城市中走了很长时间。
Then he felt tired and wanted to go back to his hotel.
然后他觉得累了,想回到他的酒店。
He took the notebook out of his pocket
他把笔记本从他的口袋里拿出来，
and showed the words in his notebook to a young woman.
并把笔记本上的单词拿给一个年轻女子看。
The young woman read the words and looked at the Frenchman.
这个年轻的女人看完单词后看着这个法国人。
She did not know what he wanted.
她不知道他想要什么。
Then the Frenchman stopped an old man and showed him the words.
之后，这名法国人又把文字给一名老人看。
The old man did not know what the Frenchman wanted either.
老人也不知道这名法国人想要什么。
At last the Frenchman saw a young man.
最后,法国人看见一个年轻男子。
He knew some French. When the Frenchman showed him the words in the
他知道一些法语。当法国人给他看笔记本上的字时，
notebook and asked where the street was,
他问他那条街在哪
the young man laughed and laughed,
年轻人大笑，
for there were the words in the Frenchman's notebook : ONE-WAY STREET.
笔记本上写的单词是单行线。
WORD BANK
词汇表
Frenchman
法国人
hotel
旅馆；客栈
remember
回忆起；记得；想起
copy
抄写；复制；拷贝 副本；拷贝
