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IN ANOTHER WAY 换句话说

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IN ANOTHER WAY

换句话说

Mr. William was a gardener and a very good one too. Last year he came to work for Mrs.

Stone, who was old, fat and rich.

She knew nothing about gardens but thought that she knew a lot, and was always interfering¹.

One day, Mr. William got angry with Mrs. Stone and called her an elephant. She did not like that

at all, so she went to a lawyer, and a few months later, Mr. William was in court, accused² of

calling Mrs. Stone an elephant. The magistrate³ found Mr. William guilty⁴, so Mr. William said to

him, “Does that mean that I am not allowed to call this lady an elephant any more?”

“That's quite correct,” the magistrate answered.

“And am I allowed to call an elephant a lady?” the gardener asked.

“Yes, certainly,” the magistrate answered.

Mr. William looked at Mrs. Stone and said, “Goodbye, lady.”

威廉先生是一名园丁，手艺还很棒。去年起，他开始为斯通太太家工作，这位太太上

了年纪，体态臃肿，但很有钱。

斯通太太对园艺一窍不通，却自以为是，所以总是指手画脚的。有一天，威廉先生和

斯通太太起了口角，一怒之下把她叫作大象。她不能接受，于是去找律师。几个月以后，

威廉先生被告上了法庭，因为有人指控他把斯通太太称作大象。法官判威廉先生有罪，于

是威廉先生说：“那是不是意味着以后不允许我管这位女士叫大象？”

“理解非常正确。”法官回答。

“那我可不可以管一头大象叫作女士？”园丁问道。

“当然可以。”法官回答。

威廉先生看了看斯通太太，说道：“告辞了，女士。”

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1 interfering
adj. 妨碍的动词interfere的现在分词
参考例句：
He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！ I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

2 accused
n.被告v.指责(accuse的过去式和过去分词)；控告adj.被控告的
参考例句：
The accused was found innocent. 被告被判定无罪。 He was accused of committing adultery . 他被控通奸。

3 magistrate
n.地方行政官，地方法官，治安官
参考例句：
The magistrate committed him to prison for a month.法官判处他一个月监禁。 John was fined 1000 dollars by the magistrate.约翰被地方法官罚款1000美元。

4 guilty
adj.犯罪的；有罪的；内疚的
参考例句：
There wasn't enough evidence to prove him guilty.没有充分的证据证明他有罪。 Really honest people are ofter made to feel guilty.真正老实的人常被弄得感到犯了罪似的。