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　　Two rich ladies were sharing a taxi and talking about the high cost of going anywhere by taxi.

　　One of the ladies said,“Taxis are terribly expensive these days. The owners get a lot of money for nothing.”

　　“Yes,”said the other lady,“and the drivers get such big tips that they soon become rich. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.”

　　One of the ladies was smoking a cigarette. After a minute or two she said to the other lady,“Can you see an ashtray in this taxi? There isn’t one on my side.”

　　“No,”said the other,“there isn’t one on this side either. Driver! Where is the ashtray in this taxi? Why haven’t you got one?”

　　The driver, who had heard everything the ladies had said, answered,“Oh, just drop the ashes on the carpet--I have a servant who comes in and cleans three days in the week!

　　富有的司机？

　　二位富有的女士正在乘坐一个出租汽车，正谈论坐出租汽车无论去何处都高昂的费用。

　　其中一个女士说：“出租车最近贵得可怕。出租车司机肯定不用怎么样就赚很多钱。”

　　“就是,”另一个女士说：”而且司机能得到那么多的小费他们那么快就富了。他们应该对他们自己感到羞愧。”

　　一个女士正在抽烟一根香烟。一二分钟之后她对另一个女士说,”你看到出租车上的烟灰缸了吗?我身边没有。”

　　“没有,”另一个说”我周围也没有。司机!出租车上的烟灰缸在哪?你为什么不弄一个?”

　　司机刚才听到了她们说的每件事：”哦,就把烟灰弄到地毯上吧。我还有一个仆人，每周清洗车3次!

　　Notes

　　(1)share a taxi：共乘一辆出租车

　　(2)be ashamed of：以为...是耻辱