A deaf couple checks into a motel very late at night. Upon moving into their assigned room, they go to bed. But in the middle of the night, the woman has a headache，so she goes into the bathroom for aspirin¹. But she finds none，and remembers that the bottle of aspirin is still in the car. Afraid to go out alone at night, she awakens² her husband and asks him to go and get the aspirin from the car. The very groggy³ husband puts on his robe and toddles⁴ wearily outside. He finds the bottle of aspirin in the car's glove compartment⁵, and gets ready to go back to the room when he realizes something: he can’t remember which room was his

一对耳聋的夫妇在深夜住进了一间汽车旅馆。一进了定好的房间他们就躺下睡了。但等到半夜，妻子觉得头疼，于是就到卫生间找阿司匹林。可是她没有找到，这时她想起来在车上还有一瓶。她不敢深夜独自出去，于是就叫醒她的丈夫，让他出去从车上拿那瓶阿司匹林。晃晃悠悠的丈夫穿上睡袍，东倒西歪地走出门外。他在汽车仪表盘的贮物箱里找到了阿司匹林，当他准备回房间时，他想不起来到底哪间才是他的房间。

He thinks and thinks and then gets an idea. He opens the car again and honks⁶ the steering⁷ wheel horn several times. Within a minute，all the motel’s windows lighten up--except one window, and of course, he makes for the room with that window.

他想来想去，最后想出了一个主意。他打开车门然后按起了喇叭。不到一分钟，整个汽车旅馆里除了一间还黑着灯，所有的窗户都亮了。当然，因此他找到了自己的房间。