The young man was terribly self-conscious because he had a wooden eye. His friends would often invite him dance parties, but he could never work up the courage to ask a girl to dance.

一位年轻人因为他有只木制的眼睛而感到非常自卑。他的朋友常会邀请他参加舞会，但他从没能鼓起勇气邀请女孩子跳舞。

But then, one evening, he spotted¹ a girl with a wooden leg sitting sadly by herself. Apprehensively², he walked up to her and asked, “Would you like to dance?”

有一晚，他却不经意看见一位装了一只木制义肢的女孩独自伤心地坐在角落。他很谨慎地走向她问道“：你要不要跳舞呀？”

“Would I?!”she exclaimed.

“我要不要？”她惊叫。

“Oh, yeah? Well, you’ve got a wooden leg!”

“哦，怎么了 ？你有一只木制的义肢——（而我有一只木制的假眼，咱们应是天生的一对嘛！）。”