3. No bullets

There was a man whose house was being robbed. The robber pointed a gun at the man and asked him to give him his money and valuables.

The man then told him, "To tell you the truth, nowadays the economy has gone down. My company has almost gone bankrupt1, so I don't have anything for you. So if you shoot me, it won't do you any good. Even though we look like this, we don't have any more money. We also have many debts2. "

The robber sighed3, "That's right. Lately, all the houses that I've robbed had nothing. Look at my gun, I don't even have money to buy bullets. I couldn't even feed my gun! "

Notes:

1. bankrupt 破产

2. debt 债务

3. sigh 叹气

弹尽粮绝

有位男士被打劫，抢劫者进到他家，拿枪正对着他，要他把钱和贵重物品都拿出来。

他连忙说：“说实话，这阵子经济不景气，我的公司都快破产了，我真的没什么可以奉献，你打死我也没用。你是知道的，现在到处都经济不景气，不只我们一家。尽管我们看着不错，其实真的一块钱都没有，还到处欠贷呢！”

抢劫者一声长叹：“这就对了！事实上，我上哪一家打劫都这样说。什么都没有了，所以呢，你看，就连我这口枪也没有子弹。我连枪都养不起了！”

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