英語小達(dá)人每天10分鐘 311 Why Am I So Tired
我為什么這么累
For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack ofvitamins, dieting and a dozen other maladies. Now Ifound out the real reason. I'm tired because I'moverworked.
好幾年了，我一直認(rèn)為自己總是感到疲勞是由于缺乏維生素、節(jié)食和一大堆病的緣故?，F(xiàn)在我終于把真實(shí)的原因搞明白了——我累是因?yàn)槲夜ぷ鬟^度了。
The population of this country is 237 million. 104 million are retired. That leaves 133 million todo the work.
這個(gè)國家一共有兩億三千七百萬的人口，其中有一億零四百萬的人退休了，這樣就剩下一億三千三百萬人工作了。
There are 85 million in school, which leave 48 million to do the work.
這其中有八千五百萬的人還在上學(xué)，這樣就剩下四千八百萬人工作了。
Of this, there are 29 million employed by the federal government. This leaves 19 million to dothe work.
這其中又有兩千九百萬受雇于聯(lián)邦政府，這樣就剩下一千九百萬人工作了。
Four million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 15 million to do the work.
這其中又有四百萬在軍中服役，這樣就剩下一千五百萬人工作了。
Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and City Government and thatleaves 200,000 to do the work.
除去受雇于各州和市政府的一千四百八十萬人，就剩下二十萬人工作了。
There are 188,000 in hospitals, so that leaves 12,000 to do the work.
這其中又有十八萬八千人住醫(yī)院，這樣就剩下一萬二千人工作了。
Now, there are 11,988 people in Prisons. That leaves just two people to do the work.
現(xiàn)在有一萬一千九百九十八人關(guān)在監(jiān)獄里，這樣就剩下兩個(gè)人工作了。
You and me...
你和我……
And you're sitting there reading jokes!
而你卻坐在那兒看笑話!
No wonder I'm tired; I'm doing ALL of the work myself!
難怪我這么累了，我一個(gè)人干了所有的工作!
