Late for an appointment, I dashed out the front door and realized that I had left my keys on the kitchen counter. The back door was unlocked，but a six一foot wooden fence stood between keys and me. The car was parked so that I could stand on it to get up on the fence, but having put on my tightest jeans that morning, I couldn't get my other leg over far enough to reach anything on the other side.

约会马上就要迟到了，我冲出了前门，接着意识到我把钥匙落在了厨房的台子上。后门没有关，但是在我和钥匙之间隔了一排六英尺高的木围墙。车子就停在木围墙的旁边，所以我能踩着爬上围墙，但是那天早上我恰巧穿的是那条紧身牛仔裤，无法把另一条腿叉开得足够远，以触及围墙那一边的任何物体。

While straddling the fence, my dog nipping at my foot, I noticed a neighbor laughing at my predicament. Just as I was about to fall off and hope for the best, my neighbor cried, “wait” and disappeared into the house. Assuming¹ he was going to get ladder to rescue me, I waited.

跨骑在栅栏上，我的狗不时地咬我的脚，这时，我发现有位邻居正格格地笑我的窘境。正当我要跳下去，祈求上帝保佑之时，那位邻居嚷道:“等一等!”旋即进了屋子。我琢磨着他是去拿梯子来搭救我，于是我就等着。

Minutes later he returned with his wife. "okay,”he yelled², "I just wanted Joanna to see this!”

几分钟后，他和太太一起回来了。“好了，”他冲我喊道:“我只是想让乔安娜也来瞧瞧。”