王松海

Winston Churchill was the BritishPrime Minister during the Second WorldWar．

One dayhe had to go to the BBC to make an important speech to tile nation．

Anhour before the time of this speech，he stopped a taxi in the street and askedthe driver to take him to tile BBC．But the taxi driver who did not recognize him，said he could not take him anywhere just then，because he wanted to go back to hishome at the other end of London to hear Churchill make a speech on the radio．

Churchill Was so pleased when he heard the answer that he gave tile man apound，which was worth quite a lot in those days．

“All right．get in!”said the driver happily，opening the door of the taxi，“Illtake you，and to bell with Churchill and his speech!”

參考譯文

丘吉爾在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間曾任英國(guó)首相。

一天，丘吉爾需要到英國(guó)廣播公司向全國(guó)作重要講話。

在他講話前一個(gè)小時(shí)，他在街上攔了一輛出租汽車，要司機(jī)送他去BBC。出租車司機(jī)并不認(rèn)識(shí)他，向他說明這個(gè)時(shí)候他不載客人。因?yàn)樗s回在倫敦另一頭的家，收聽丘吉爾的廣播講話。

丘吉爾聽了他的回答很高興，給了這個(gè)人一英鎊。在當(dāng)時(shí)一英鎊是很值錢的。

“好吧，請(qǐng)上車。”司機(jī)一邊高興地說，一邊把車門打開，“我送你去，讓丘吉爾和他的演講都見鬼去吧!”