英语笑话

556　A New Policy 一项新规定

In the early 1990s, when I was stationed in Italy, it was very common to see soldiers riding bicycles back and forth to work. So it came as no big surprise that, after a series of painfully comic accidents, a new policy was announced, saying in summary, “Soldiers shall no longer salute officers who are engaged in the riding of a bicycle.”

20世纪90年代初期，当我们在意大利驻军的时候，士兵们骑自行车上下班是很普遍的事。经历了一系列痛苦而又戏剧性的事故以后，顺理成章地出台一项新规定，简而言之：“骑自行车的官兵们不必再互相致礼。”