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一个男人快进医院时，看见两个穿白大褂的医生正在花坛找什么东西，“对不起，你们丢了什么东西吗？
一个医生说，“没丢东西，我们正给一个所得税检查官做心脏移植手术，想找一块儿合适的石头（给他换上）。
A man, about to enter hospital, saw two white-coated doctors searching through the flower beds. "Excuse me," he said, "have you lost something?"
"No," replied one of the doctors. "We're doing a heart transplant[移植] for an income-tax inspector [税收官] and are trying to find a suitable stone."