A new student was just finding his way around Harvard University.

一位哈佛大学新生正在熟悉校园环境。

"Excuse me," he aske an upperclassman, "can you tell me where the library's at?"

“对不起，”他问一位高年级学长，“您能告诉我图书馆在哪里吗？”

"What appalling¹ diction," sneered² the older student. "I can't imagine how you could have been admitted to Harvard.

“好可怕的用字喔！”那名学长嘲弄他道。

Don' t you know better than to end a sentence with a preposition?"

"不知道你老弟是怎么获准进入哈佛的。难道你不知道介词不要放在一个句子后面吗?"

"OK. Can you tell me where the library's at, asshole?"

“好吧！你能告诉我图书馆在哪里吗，驴蛋？”