A Sri一Lankian professor went to London on his sabbatical. After three months he was tired of English food and went to a butcher shop to buy something to allay¹ his homesickness.

一位斯里兰卡教授到伦敦去修教学假。三个月以后他吃厌了英国的饭菜，就到肉铺去买点东西来减轻他的思乡之情。

“Have you brain?”he asked the butcher.

“你有脑子吗?”他问卖肉的。

The butcher stared at him for a minute then said，“If I had any，do you think I'd be working here?”

卖肉的愣愣地看着他，半晌才说:“如果我有脑子，你想我还会在这儿干吗?”