雙語幽默笑話：希臘語

希臘語

Mr.Day was a teacher at a school in a big city in the north.of England. He usually went to France or Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays，and he spoke French and German quite well.

戴先生是英格蘭北部一個大城市里的中學教師。在暑假期間他通常到法國或德國去度幾周的假，他的法語和德語都講得相當好。

But one year Mr. Day said to one of his friends，“I’m going to have a holiday in Athens.But I don't speak Greek, so I'll go to evening classes and have Greek lessons for a month before I go.”

然而有一年，戴先生對他的一位朋友說:“我準備上雅典去度假?？墒俏也粫v希臘語，所以去雅典前刻名先去夜校進修一個月的希臘語課程。”

He studied very hard for a month，and then his holidays began and he went to Greece.

他很用功地學了一個月后，他的假期也接著開始了，于是他就去了希臘。

When he came back a few weeks later，his friend said to him，“Did you have any trouble with your Greek when you were in Athens，Dick?"

幾周后，他回來了，他的朋友問他說:“迪克，你在雅典時，你的希臘語有沒有遇到困難?”

"No，I didn’t have any trouble with it,"answered Mr. Day.“But the Greeks did!”

戴先生回答說:“沒有，我的希臘語用來得心應手，倒是那些希臘人遇到了麻煩。”