第139期:降落伞的故事-究竟谁才是最聪明的人呢

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　　On a flight on a small private plane, a doctor, a lawyer, a model, and an old lady with her grandson were the only passengers. Unfortunately, the plane developed engine trouble. The pilot went back to speak to the passengers.

　　'I have good news and bad news,'he said. 'The bad news is that the plane is going to crash, but the good news is that we have some parachutes². However, there are six people on this plane and we only have five parachutes. As you can see, I'm wearing mine right now.'

　　With that, the pilot jumped out of the plane, pulled the cord³ for his parachute¹ and disappeared from view. The doctor spoke⁴ up first.

　　'Well, my job is saving⁵ lives and that's one of the most important jobs in the world, so I should have one of the parachutes', and she took a pack and jumped.

　　Next was the lawyer.

　　'I'm the most intelligent man in the world, so I should have one, too,'he said, and he took a pack and leapt⁶ from the plane. Then the model stood up.

　　'I'm one of the most beautiful women in the world, so I think I should have one as well.'

　　Sadly, the grandmother turned to her grandson.

　　'Well, there's only one left. I think you should have it, dear. I've already had the best years of my life.'

　　'Oh, don't worry, grandma,'said the boy, 'The most intelligent man in the world just jumped out of the plane with my back pack.'

　　在一架小型私人飞机上，医生、律师、模特和一位老妇人和她的孙子是唯一的乘客。不幸的是，飞机发动机出现了故障。飞行员便和跟乘客们说。

　　“我有好消息和坏消息。坏消息是飞机要坠毁了，但好消息是我们有一些降落伞。然而，有六人在这架飞机上，我们只有五个降落伞。正如你所看到的，我现在正穿着我的降落伞。”

　　说着，飞行员便从飞机上跳下去了，他拉了降落伞的绳子，从人们的视野中消失了。医生先开口说话。

　　“嗯，我的工作是拯救生命，这是世界上最重要的工作之一，所以我应该有一个降落伞'，她拿了个包边跳下去了。

　　接下来是律师。

　　“我是世界上最聪明的人，所以我也应该有一个，”他说，他拿了一包，从飞机上跳了起来。然后模特站起来。

　　“我是世界上最漂亮的女人之一，所以我想我也应该有一个。”

　　祖母伤心地转向她的孙子。

　　好吧，只有一个离开。我想你应该拥有它，亲爱的。我已经度过了我生命中最美好的时光。”

　　“噢，别担心，奶奶，”男孩说，“世界上最聪明的人刚背着我的背包跳出了飞机。”

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