英语幽默 | 我的手表停了 My watch has stopped

When Jimmy was a boy, he always liked watches and clocks very much. When he was eighteen years old, he went into the army, and after a year, he began to teach himself to mend watches. A lot of his friends brought him broken watches, and he mended them for them.
吉米小的时候,就非常喜欢手表和钟表。等他18岁的时候,他参了军,一年以后,他开始自学修手表。他的许多朋友给他带来坏手表,他就给他们修好。

英语幽默 | 我的手表停了 My watch has stopped

Then his captain heard about this, and one day he brought him a watch too and said, “My watch has stopped. Can you mend it for me, please?”
后来他的上尉听说了这件事,有一天,他也给他拿来了一块手表,说:“我的手表停了。请给我修一下,好吗?”

Jimmy said, “Yes, sir, I can.” After a few days, he brought the watch back to the captain.
吉米说:“好的,长官,我可以修。”几天以后,他把手表带回到上尉那儿。

“How much do I owe you?” the officer asked.
“我该付给你多少钱?”军官问。

“One pound, sir,” Jimmy answered. Then he took a small box out of his pocket and gave it to the captain, saying, “Here are three wheels from your watch. I didn’t find a place for them when I put everything back.”
“一英镑,长官,”吉米回答。然后他从口袋里拿出一个小盒子来,给了上尉,说:“这是你手表里的三个齿轮。我把零件都装回去的时候,没有找到地方安装它们。”