One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late.“It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead，I slipped back two.”

一个冬天的早晨，一名雇员解释他为什么迟到了四十五分钟才来上班。“外面太滑了，我每向前迈一步，就要向后退两步。”

The boss eyed him suspiciously¹. "Oh，yeah?Then how did you ever get here”

老板狐疑地看着他。“噢，是吗?那你是怎样到这里来的?”

"I finally gave up，”he said，"and started for home.”

“后来我决定放弃，”他说，“然后我就往家里走。”