An American businessman and an American, a Russian, a Cuban,  lawyer were on a train traveling across Europe.

 

The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka, poured each of his companions a drink and then hurled¹ the semifull bottle out the window.

 

"Why did you do that?" asked the American businessman.

 

"Vodka is plentiful² in my country," said the Russian, "In fact, we have more than we will ever use."

 

A little later, the Cuban passed around fine Havana cigars. He took a couple of puffs³ of his and then tossed it out the window.

 

"I thought the Cuban economy was suffering." the businessman said. "Yet you threw that perfectly⁴ good cigar away."

 

"Cigars," the Cuban replied, "are a dime⁵ a dozen in Cuba. We have more of them than we know what to do with."

 

The American businessman sat in silence for a moment. Then he got up, grabbed the lawyer and threw him out the window.

 

在一列穿越欧洲的旅游火车上，有一个美国商人和一个美国律师、一个俄国人、一个古巴人、

 

俄国人取出一大瓶伏特加酒，给自己的旅伴们每人倒了一杯，然后随手把剩余的半瓶酒扔出了窗外。

 

“你为什么要这样做啊？”美国商人问。

 

“我们国家盛产伏特加，”俄国人说，“实际上，我们的酒多得喝不完。”

 

过了一会儿，古巴人掏出上等的雪茄分发给每个人。他只抽了两口，就把手中的雪茄扔出了窗外。

 

“我原以为古巴的经济颓废，”那个商人说，“可你却把那么好的烟都给扔掉了。”

 

“雪茄嘛，”古巴人回答，“在古巴一角钱就可以买12支。雪茄多得我们都不知道该怎么办了。”

 

这位美国商人坐在那里，静静地想了一会儿，然后站了起来，一把抓起律师，把他从窗口扔了出去。

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