一天,亞瑟正坐在當?shù)鼐瓢傻耐饷?,享受著啤酒的美味,逍遙自得。這時一個修女突然出現(xiàn)在他的桌前,開始譴責飲酒所帶來的罪惡。
"You should be ashamed of yourself young man! Drinking is a the blood of the devil!”
“年輕人。你應該為你自己而感到恥辱!喝酒是一種罪過!酒精就像是魔鬼的鮮血!”
Now Arthur gets pretty annoyed about this,and goes on the offensive. "How do you know Sister?"
這時亞瑟感到有些厭煩就開始辯解:“大姐你是怎么知道的?”
"My Mother Superior told me so.”
“我們修道院的院長這么告訴我的。”
"But have you ever had a drink yourself`? How can you he sure that what you are saying is right?"
“但是你自己從來沒有喝過,你怎么就知道你說的是正確的呢?”
"Don’t be ridiculous一of course I have never taken alcohol myself.”
“別開玩笑了,我自己當然沒有沾過酒了。”
"Then let me buy you a drink,一if you still believe afterwards that it is evil 1 will give up drink for life.”
“那么我請你喝一杯吧。如果你嘗過之后還是那么認為,我就一生不再飲酒。”
"How could I,a Nun,sit outside this public house drinking?!”
“我,一個修女,怎么能這樣做?坐在酒吧外面喝酒?!”
"I’ll get the barman to put it in a teacup for you , then no one will know.”
“我會叫服務員把酒倒在茶杯里的,沒有人會知道。”
The Nun reluctantly agrees, so Arthur goes inside to the bar.
那個修女極其不情愿的同意了。然后亞瑟走進了酒吧。
"Another pint for me, and a vodka,” then he lowers his voice and says to the barman,"and could you put the vodka in a teacup?"
“再給我來一杯啤酒和一杯伏特加”,他壓低他的嗓音對服務員說,“你能不能把伏特加酒倒在一個茶杯里?”
"Oh no! It’s not that bloody Nun again is it?"
“噢,天哪!是不是那個魔鬼之血’的修女又來騙酒喝了?”