一名女子告訴朋友,她要梅開四度。朋友說:「太好了!希望你不介意我問,你第一個老公怎麼了?」
"He ate poisonous mush-rooms and died."
「他吃了毒蘑菇死了」。
"Oh,how tragic! What about your second husband?"
「真是不幸。那第二個老公呢?」
"He ate poisonous mush-rooms too and died."
「他也是吃毒菇死的。」
"Oh,how terrible! I'm almost afraid to ask you about your third husband."
「太慘了。我不敢問你第三個老公的事。」
"He died of a broken neck."
「他頸部斷掉一命嗚呼。」
"A broken neck?"
「頸部斷掉?」
"He wouldn't eat the mushrooms."
「因為他不肯吃毒菇。」