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我在一个交响乐团演奏时，我们乐团与一家大航空公司达成协议，哪些乐器可以带上飞机，哪些乐器要作为行李托运。一个大提琴手惊愕地发现他那精致、昂贵的木质乐器竟要托运，经受行李舱内的低温以及野蛮的装缷。 He neatly solved the problem. Cello in hanbd, he approached the flight attendant at the gate and asked, "May I bring my clarinet on board?" Scanning her list, she replied, "Clarinets are okay. Have a good trip," and, smiling, waved him on. 他干净利落地解决了这个问题。他手里拿着大提琴，走到门口的空中小姐跟前，问道："我可以将我单簧管带上飞机吗？"她检视了一下单子，答道，"单簧管可以产。祝你旅途愉快。"然后微笑着挥手让他进去了。 Too Long 太久 The travel editor of a newspaper called, saying she was finally using an article I had written several years earlier. She wanted to be sure the tour information was still correct. "I also wanted to make certain," she sheepishly confessed, "that you're still alive. Whenever the writer has died, I know I've held a story too long." 一家报纸的旅行版编辑打开电话，说她终于决定要采用一篇我几年前写的文章。她想确定那旅游信息是否还可靠。"我还想确定，"她怯怯地坦白道："您是否还健在。每次发现作者已经不在人世了，我才知道我将文章压得太久了。"
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