A New Start | 新生

English Original

One day, Mark Twain read an announcement of his death in a newspaper. He hastened to the editor to protest.

"I am very sorry," the editor replied. "It's a terrible mistake, but it's too late to do much about it. The best thing I can do for you is to put you in the Birth Column tomorrow morning and give you a new start."


中文翻译

一天,马克·吐温在报纸上读到一则关于他去世的讣告。他急忙赶到编辑那里去抗议。

“非常抱歉,”编辑回答道,“这是一个可怕的错误,但现在要补救已经太晚了。我能为您做的最好的事,就是把您刊登在明天早报的出生栏里,给您一个新生。”

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