An older lady gets undressed and starts to get into the bathtub. She gets about halfway¹ into the tub and thinks, "Was I getting into the tub or getting out?”

一个上了年纪的女人脱了衣服准备去洗澡。她刚把一只脚迈进浴缸就想:我是打算进去呢?还是正要出去?

She calls out, "Bernice! Was I getting into the bathtub or getting out?"

她大声喊:“伯尼斯!我这是正要去洗澡还是打算要出来呢?”

Bernice says, "Well I don’t know. I' 11 have to come up and look.” Bernice starts walking up the stairs to the bathroom, gets halfway up and thinks to herself, “Was I going up the stairs or down? " She calls out "Sally! Was I going up or down the stairs?”

伯尼斯说:“我不知道，我这就上去看看。”伯尼斯开始往楼上的浴室走，走到一半时想到:我这是要上楼呢还是下楼?她大喊:“莎莉!我这是要上楼呢还是要下楼呢?”

Sally, who is just being with Bernice down in the living room calls back,“How should I know?” and thinks to herself, “I' m glad I’m not losing my mind like the other people in this house.”

刚还和伯尼斯在楼下客厅里的莎莉喊:“我怎么知道?”她自己想:我真的很高兴我不像这个屋子里的其它人一样没记性。