Our annual high school faculty¹ party was held at a popular restaurant. By late evening，our waiter looked dead on his feet. My husband told him to pull up a chair.“Are all you folks teachers?"the young man asked.

我们每年一度的中学教师联谊会是在一家很时髦的饭店举行的。到了晚上，服务员的脚都要累僵了，我丈夫告诉他拿把椅子坐坐，“你们这些人都是教师吗?”这个年轻人问.

"Why，yes,"I replied. "What makes you ask?"

“是呀，怎么了?”我说:“你怎么想起问这个问题了?”

" I never waited on a group like this before，”he said."Every time one of you wants something，you raise your hand."

“我从来没为这样的人服务过，他们一旦有请求，总是都举手示意。”他说。