To Be on the Safe Side | 为求稳妥

English Original

In a cinema during a performance, one of the audience members gets up, makes his way along the row of seats, and goes out into the foyer. A few minutes later, he returns and asks the man sitting at the head of the row:

"Excuse me, was it your foot I stepped on when I was going out a moment ago?"

"Yes, but it doesn't really matter. It didn't hurt at all."

"Oh, no, it isn't that. I only want to make sure that this is my row."


中文翻译

在一家电影院里,演出期间,一名观众站了起来,沿着座位排走到门厅去了。几分钟后,他回来问坐在排头的那位男士:

“打扰一下,我刚才出去时踩到的是您的脚吗?”

“是的,不过没关系,一点也不疼。”

“噢,不,我不是那个意思。我只是想确认一下这是不是我坐的那一排。”

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