三名医生藏身在观察野鸭的隐蔽处，有一只鸟从头上飞过。
The general practitioner looks at it and says,
一般家庭医生看着它说：
"Looks like a duck,flies like a duck,it's probably a duck,"
“看起来像一只鸭子，飞起来像一只鸭子……它可能是一只鸭子”。
He shoots at it but misses and the bird flies away.
就对着它射击，但是没射中，这只鸟飞走了。
The next bird flies overhead,
第二只鸟从头上飞过。
and the pathologist looks at it,then looks through the pages of a bird manual,and says,
病理学家看着它，然后仔细翻翻阅好几页的野鸟手册说
"Hmmmm,green wings,yellow bill,quacking sound,might be a duck."
“嗯……绿色的翅膀，黄色的鸟嘴，嘎嘎的叫声……可能是一只鸭子。”
He arises his gun to shoot it,but the bird is long gone.
他举起他的枪来射它，但这只鸟早已走了。
A third bird flies over .
第三只鸟从头上飞过。
The surgeon raises his gun and shoots almost without looking,brings the bird down,and turns to the patholoogist and says,
外科医生举起他的松，看都不看就射击，把鸟击落后就转向病理学家说：
"Go see if that was a duck."
“你去看看那是不是一只鸭子。”
