英語小笑話:An Exact Number
A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bones lying about.
"How old are these bones?" the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide.
"Exactly one hundred million and three years old.
"How can you be so sure?" inquired the tourist.
"Well," replied the guide, " a geologist came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago.
一位游客在新墨西哥游覽。他對隨處可見的恐龍化石甚感驚奇。
“這些化石有多長的歷史?”游客問一個(gè)上了年紀(jì)的當(dāng)?shù)孛绹?。他是作向?qū)У摹?br>
“整整十億零三年了?!?“你怎么這么肯定?”游客問道。 “哦,”向?qū)Щ卮鸬?,“一個(gè)地質(zhì)學(xué)家來過這兒,他告訴我說這些化石有十億年了,再加上那是整整三年前的事了?!?