A salesman was chatting with the owner of a motel①. “Business is terrible②,”said the motel owner, “Really bad.”
“But every time I drive by here you have the ‘no vacancy③’sign on.”said the salesman.
“That’s true,”replied the motel owner. “But I used to turn away 30 to 35 people a night. Now, I only turn away ten to 15。”
① moteln. 汽车旅馆
② terribleadj. 极糟糕的,极差的
③ vacancyn. 空缺
生意不好
一个商人在和汽车旅馆的主人闲聊。“生意大糟了,”旅馆主人说,“真的太糟了。”
“可是每次我驾车经过这儿,你都挂上了‘客满’的牌子。”商人说。
“那倒是真的。”旅馆主人答道,“可是过去我一夜就谢绝三十至三十五人,而如今只能谢绝十至十五人。”