One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. "It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."
一个冬天的早上,职员在向老板解释为什么他迟到了45分钟:“地太滑了,我每向前走一步,就往回滑两步。”
The boss eyed him suspiciously. "Oh, yeah? Then how did you ever get here?"
老板怀疑地看着他:“哦,真的?那你怎么到这的?”
"I finally gave up," he said, "and started for home."
“我最后放弃了,”他说,“然后开始回家。”