美國流行笑話：Not an eye witness 不是親眼所見

Not an eye witness 不是親眼所見

Visiting the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., I was admiring a beautiful tribal elder headdress decorated with eagle feathers. A man came up to me and identified himself as Native American. “Do you know how warriors got those?” the man asked, pointing to the feathers. “They covered a hole with brush, tied a live rabbit on top of it and hid underneath. When an eagle swooped down for the kill, they would grab its wing or tail.” “Fascinating,” I said. “Did you see it yourself?” “Actually, no,” the man confessed. “I saw it on the Discovery Channel.”

在華盛頓參觀美國印第安人博物館的時(shí)候，我非常欣賞一件漂亮的用老鷹羽毛裝飾的部落長老頭飾。一個(gè)男子走上前來，說他是美國的原住民。他指著羽毛問我：“你知道勇士們是怎么得到這些羽毛的嗎?他們在一個(gè)洞上面蓋上樹枝，在樹枝上拴一個(gè)活兔子，而他們自己藏在洞里面。當(dāng)老鷹俯沖下來的時(shí)候，他們就抓住它的翅膀或者尾巴。”我說：“真帶勁。你是親眼看見的嗎?”那個(gè)男子承認(rèn)：“其實(shí)不是。我是從電視節(jié)目Discovery里看到的。”