14 天氣預報
A film crew was on location deep in an inland town.One day an Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow thunder." The next day it thundered.
一個電影攝制組在一個內(nèi)地小鎮(zhèn)工作。一天,一個印度人來到導演跟前告訴他說:“明天打雷。”第二天果然打雷了。
A week later, the Indian went up to the director andsaid, "Tomorrow windy." The next day, there was agale.
一周后,印度人又來告訴導演說:“明天刮風。”果然,第二天刮起了一場大風。
The director was very satisfied with the Indian's wisdom, and thought he was a superman. Sohe told his secretary to hire the Indian to forecast the weather and promised a good salary tohim.
導演對印度人的智慧很滿意,覺得他是個超人,于是他告訴秘書雇傭該印度人來預報天氣,并答應付給他很好的酬勞。
However, after several successful forecasts, the Indian didn't show up for two weeks.
幾次預報都很成功,可接下來的兩周,印度人卻再也沒有出現(xiàn)。
Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?"
最后導演派人去把他叫來了。“我明天要拍一個很大的場景,”導演說,“全靠你了。明天天氣如何啊?”
The Indian shrugged his broad shoulders. "Don't know," he said, "Radio is broken. Nobroadcasting."
印度人聳了聳他的肩膀。“我不知道,”印度人說,“收音機壞了,沒辦法聽廣播了。”