ONE of Ken Rogoff’s favorite economics jokes — yes, there are economics jokes — is 「the one about the lamppost」: A drunk on his way home from a bar one night realizes that he has dropped his keys.
一个晚上,有一个醉汉,在从酒吧回家的路上发现钥匙丢了。
A drunk Exxon oil tanker captain ran the ship aground, spilling 11 million gallons of oil in Alaska「s formerly pristine Prince William Sound.
A drunk would stand singing at a street corner, without disturbing the silence.
有个醉汉站在街角唱歌,这静默却不起一丝涟漪。
A drunk man walked by, thinking the beggar was pitiful, threw him a hundred dollars.
在路边一个盲人乞丐戴着墨镜在街上行乞。一个醉汉走过来,觉得他可怜,就扔了一百元给他。
A drunk phoned police to report that thieves had been in his car. 「They」ve stolen the dashboard, the steering wheel, even the brake pedal!」 he cried out.