Talk about Luck

好运跟着保险来

"For the last time, I don't want any insurance ! " said the harassed¹ householder to the salesman

“这是最后一次了，我不要买任何保险！”被骚扰的房主对推销员说道。

"Just a moment, sir. Please consider this :Just last month I sold a policy to a man much like yourself.

“等一会儿，先生，请您仔细考虑一下：上个月有一位先生长得跟你很像，他刚买了一份保险，

The very next day his house caught fire. The house was completely gutted².

隔天他家就着火，房子内部全都被烧毁，

To save himself, he had to leap from an upstairs window; he landed on his own car, went through the roof, broke both his legs and an arm. ""Well, he was one of the lucky ones, wasn't he?"

为了保住性命，他从楼上窗户跳下来，恰巧落在他的汽车上，穿过车顶，他摔断了两条腿和一只手臂。”

“喔！他就是你所说的幸运人士中的一个，不是吗？”