A shoplifter was caught red-handed trying to steal a watch from a jewelry¹ store.

一个小偷在一家珠宝店企图偷走一只手表的时候被当场擒获。

"Listen," said the shoplifter, "I know you don't want any trouble either.

“听着，”小偷说，“我知道你们也不想惹麻烦。

What do you say I just buy the watch, and we forget about this?"

我把这只表买下，然后我们就当什么也没发生，你看怎样?”

The manager agreed and wrote up the sales slip.

经理表示同意，然后列了一张售货单。

The crook² looked at the slip and said, "This is a little more than I intended to spend."

小偷看着单子说道：“这比我最初的预算稍稍高了一点，你们还有没有便宜一点儿东西。”