7. You can't fool me
One day in the beginning of the 20th century, an old lady from the countryside came to the city and checked into1 a hotel. Then she said to the bellman, "I refuse to take a tiny2 room like this, with no window and no bed in it! You can't treat me like a fool just because I don't travel much! I am going to complain to the manager! "
So the bellman answered very politely, "Madam, this isn't your room. It's the elevator3!"
Notes:
1. check into 入住(酒店)
2. tiny 小的
3. elevator 电梯
休想骗我
二十世纪初的一天,有一位乡下老太太进城,住进了一家宾馆。她对门童说:“我拒绝住这么小的房间,既没有窗户也没有床!不要以为我没去过多少地方就想骗我!我要向你们经理投诉!”
门童非常有礼貌地回答:“夫人,这不是您的房间,这是电梯!”
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1852年,世界上第一台电梯在德国柏林诞生,采用电动机拖动。
1857年,世界第一台载人电梯问世。
1889年,奥的斯公司在纽约成功试制第一台电力驱动蜗轮减速电梯,这一设计思想为现代化的电梯奠定了基础,它的基本结构至今仍被广泛使用。