英语笑话：Train Tickets and the Engineers 火车票与工程师

Train Tickets and the Engineers

Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees are traveling by train to a conference. At the station，the three Microsoft employees each buy tickets and watch as the three Apple engineers buy only a single ticket. They all board the train. The Microsoft employees take their respective seats but all three Apple engineers cram into a rest room and close the door behind them.

Shortly after the train has departed，the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the rest room door and says，“Ticket，please.”The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on. The Microsoft employees see this and agree it is quite a clever idea. So after the conference，the Microsoft employees decide to copy the Apple engineers on the return trip and save some money. When they get to the station，they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment，the Apple engineers don’t buy a ticket at all.

When they board the train，the three Microsoft employees cram into a rest room and the three Apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward，one of the Apple engineers leaves his rest room and walks over to the rest room where the Microsoft employees are hiding.

He knocks on the door and says，“Ticket，please.”

火车票与工程师

苹果公司的三个工程师和微软公司的三个工程师乘同一列火车去开会。在火车站，三个微软公司的雇员各买了一张票，却发现那三个苹果公司的雇员只买了一张票。他们都上了车。微软公司的三个雇员坐在各自的位子上，但那三个苹果公司的雇员却挤在了一间卫生间里，关上了门。

很快，火车开动了，乘务员开始验票。他敲了敲卫生间的门说：“查票了，请把票递出来。”门开了一条细缝，伸出一条胳臂，手里拿着一张票。乘务员接过票离开了。微软公司雇员见了都认为这是个很聪明的办法。会议结束后，微软公司的雇员们决定在返程的火车上照搬苹果公司同行们这种省钱的办、法。他们到了火车站，三个人就买了一张返程的火车票。让他们感到惊讶的是苹果公司的工程师竟然一张票也没买。

上车后，微软公司的三个雇员挤进了一间卫生间室，三个苹果公司的工程师挤进了附近的另外一间卫生间。火车开动不久，一个苹果公司的雇员离开卫生间室，走到那三个微软公司雇员藏身的卫生间门口。

他敲了敲门，说：“查票了，请把票递出来。”

重点英语词汇：

1.Engineers - 工程师

2.Conference - 会议

3.Station - 车站

4.Tickets - 票

5.Board - 登上

6.Rest room - 洗手间

7.Conductor - 列车员

8.Crack - 缝隙

9.Arm - 手臂

10.Clever - 聪明的

11.Copy - 模仿

12.Save - 节省

13.Astonishment - 惊讶

14.Hide - 躲藏

15.Leave - 离开

16.Walk over - 走过去

17.Knock - 敲门

18.Ticket, please - 请出示票