英语笑话

354　I'm the one 我是关键人物

One day I was showing a group of ninth-graders the court procedures. Court was in recess and only the clerk and a young man in custody wearing handcuffs were in the courtroom. “This is where the judge sits,” I began, pointing to the bench. “The lawyers sit at these tables. The court clerk sits over there. The court recorder, or stenographer, sits over here. Near the judge is the witness stand and over there is where the jury sits.” “As you can see,” I finished, “there are a lot of people involved in making this system work.” At that point, the prisoner raised his cuffed hands and said, “Yeah, but I'm the one who makes it all happen.”

有一天，我正在向一群九年级学生介绍法庭的程序。法庭正在休庭期间，只有书记员和一个戴着手铐的被拘留的青年男子在法庭里。我开始介绍说：“这是法官的座位，律师们坐在那些桌子旁边，书记员坐在那里，法庭记录员也就是速记员坐在这边。靠近法官的地方是证人席，那边是陪审团的席位。”我做结论说：“大家可以看到，由于许多人参与，才使这个系统运转起来。”就在这时候，那个囚犯举起铐在一起的双手说：“不过，要是没有我，这一切都不会发生。”