英语翻译
IthinktheworsttouristintheworldisperhapsMrScottiinSanFrancisco.
OnceheflewfromtheUSAtohishometowninItalytoseesomeoneathome.Theplanemadeaone-hourstoptogetsomethingatKennedyAirportofNewYork.Ashethoughthehadarrivedhome,MrScottigotofftheplane.HewasinRome.
Whennobodywastheretomeethim,MrScottithoughtmaybetheyheldupbyheavytraffic.Whilelookingfortheiraddresses,MrScottifoundthattheold“Rome”hadchangedalot.Manyoldbuildingswerereplaced(替代)bythehighmodernones.HealsofoundthatmanypeoplespokeEnglishinsteadofItalianandthatmanystreetsignswerewritteninEnglish.
MrScottiknewverylittleEnglish,soheaskedapolicemanthewaytothebusstationinItalian.Luckily,thepolicemanwasalsoborninItalyandansweredhiminthesamelanguage.
Aftertwelvehours’travelingroundonabus,thedriverhandedhimovertoasecondpoliceman.HeaskedthepolicemanwhytheRomepoliceemployed(雇佣)somanypeopleaspolicemenspeakingEnglishinsteadofItalian.
MrScottididnotbelievehewasinNewYorkwhenhewastoldso.
TogethimonaplanebacktoSanFrancisco,hewassenttotheairportinapolicecarwithsirens(警报器)on.“Look,”saidScottitohimself,“IknewI’minItaly.That’showtheydrive.”
特别是最后的一句话呀!