One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. "It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."?

The boss eyed him suspiciously. "Oh, yeah? Then how did you ever get here?"?

"I finally gave up," he said, "and started for home."?

一個冬天的早晨，一名雇員解釋他為什么遲到了四十五分鐘才起來上班。

“外面太滑了，我每向前邁一步，就要向后退兩步?！?

老板狐疑地看著他?！班?，是嗎？那你是怎樣到這里來的？”

“后來我決定放棄，”他說，“然后我就往家里走?！?