English Original
A tourist visiting New Mexico was amazed by the dinosaur bones scattered around.
"How old are these bones?" the tourist asked an elderly Native American 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."
中文翻译
一位游客在新墨西哥游览，对随处可见的恐龙化石感到惊奇。
“这些化石有多少年历史了？”游客问一位年长的美洲原住民向导。
“整整一亿零三年。”
“你怎么这么肯定？”游客问道。
“哦，”向导回答，“一位地质学家来过这儿，告诉我这些化石有一亿年历史了，而那正好是三年前的事。”