英語幽默小故事 Bad Business

　　A salesman was chatting with the owner of a motel."Business is terrible," said the motel owner. 'Really bad."

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　　"But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' 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."

Notes:

　　(1) motel n.汽車旅館 (3) turn away n.謝絕

　　(2) vacancy n.空缺

Exercises:

根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：

　　① A motel is a hotel for motorists.

　　② The salesman was arguing with the owner of the motel.

　　③ When the motel owner said that business was terrible, the salesman did not believe him.

　　④ Every time the salesman drove by the motel, the motel was only half full.

　　⑤ The motel owner used to turn away ten to 13 people.

58.生意不好

　　一個商人在和汽車旅館的主人閒聊。“生意大糟了，”旅館主人說，“真的太糟了。

　　“可是每次我駕車經過這兒，你都掛上了‘客滿’的牌子，”商人就。

　　“那倒是真的。”旅館主人答道，“可是過去我一夜就謝絕三十至三十五人，而如今只能謝絕十至十五人。”

練習參考答案：

①T②F③T④F⑤F