The Extra Charge | 额外收费

English Original

"I'm sorry, Madam, but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth."

"Twenty dollars! Why, I understood you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!"

"Yes, but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office."


中文翻译

“对不起,夫人,为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”

“20美元!为什么?我记得你说过这种工作只收4美元!”

“是的,但是这个孩子叫得太厉害了,把另外四个病人都吓跑了。”

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