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"Ah, yes," the man replied. He drank some of his beer, and then he added, "Perhaps you weren't here when it was caught?"
“啊，是的，”那人回答说。接着喝了一口啤酒，又说道：“这条鱼给钓上来的时候，你们也许还不在这儿吧？”
"No," we said, and we explained that we did not live there. We said that we were only there on holiday.
“不在，”我们对他说，我们不住在这儿，只是来这里度假。
"Ah, well," the man went on, "it was nearly five years ago that I caught that fish."
“啊，是这样，”那人说，“五年前吧，我钓到了这条鱼。”
"Oh, did you catch it then?" I asked.
“那么，这鱼是你钓到的了？”我问。
"Yes," he replied. "I caught him by the lock…Well, goodnight to you."
“正是的。”他答。“在那边水闸下钓到的……好吧，那么再见吧。”
Five minutes later a third man came in and described how he had caught the fish, early one morning. He left, and another man came in and sat down by the window.
五分钟之后，进来了第三个客人，跟我们描述了一番他是怎么样一大早就钓着这条鱼的。他走了，又来了一位，在窗口坐下来。
Nobody spoke for some time. Then George turned to the man and said, "Excuse me, I hope you don't mind, but my friend and I, who are only on holiday here, would like to ask you a question. Could you tell us how you caught that fish?"
有一会儿，我们都没说话。然后乔治转过去向那个人说道：“请原谅，希望您别介意。我的朋友和我在此度假，恕我们冒昧问您一个问题。能否请您谈一谈您是怎样钓到那条鱼的，好吗？”
"Who told you that I caught that fish?" he asked.
“谁告诉你们说那条鱼是我钓着的？”他问。
We said that nobody had told us. We just felt that he was the man who had caught it.
我们说，谁也没有告诉我们，不过我们觉得那条鱼是他钓着的。
"Well, that's very strange," he answered, with a little laugh. "You're right. I did catch it."
“啊！真是奇事，”他回答道，笑了起来。“一点不错，是我钓着的。”
