Question

英译汉译短文

Mr Brown likes to be exact.One day when he took a walk in the street,a man came up and asked him the way to the bookshop.He said to him,"Cross the bridge and turn to the right."The man asked again,"Is the bridge very long?""Only thirty metres long."The man thanked him and went to the bridge.Suddenly he heard a man running after him."Stop!"Mr Brown said to the man."I'm sorry. I forgot the bridge is forty metres long.If you walk thirty metres long and turn to the right,you will fall into the river."

Answer 1

布朗先生喜欢说话准确。一天，他在街上散步，一名男子上前来问他去书店怎么走。他回答道：“过桥然后右转。”那名男子又问道：“桥很长吗？”“只有三十米长。”那名男子感谢了他，然后向桥走去。突然他听到一个男人追赶他的声音。“停！”布朗先生向男子喊道。“对不起，我忘了这座桥有40米长。如果你只走了30米就右转，你会掉到河里去的。”