There was a meeting¹ with a large number of people. At first the speaker² was very interesting, but as time went on, he became³ very boring⁴. Finally⁵ when he was through,there was only one man sitting in the large room. The speaker walked up to the man and said⁶, "Thank you for hearing⁷ me out when all the others⁸ left the room." "Oh! Don't mention⁹ it!" replied¹⁰ the man, "I cannot leave because I am the next speaker."

一大批人在开会。最开始，发言的人讲得很有趣，但时间慢慢地过去，他变得很沉闷。最后，当他讲完的时候，只有一个人坐在大房间里。发言者走上前去，对他说，“其他所有人都走了，而你却听到最后，谢谢你。”“哦!别客气!”那人回答说，“我不能走，因为我是下一位发言者。”