Mrs Turner’s telephone number was 3463; the number of the cinema in her town was 3464. People often made a mistake and telephoned her when they actually wanted the cinema.
特纳夫人的电话号码是3463；她所在小镇的电影院的电话号码是3464。人们经常犯错，想看电影时会打电话给她。
One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs Turner answered it. A tired man’s voice came over the phone: “At what time does your last film begin?”
一天晚上，电话铃响了，特纳夫人接了电话。电话里传来一个疲惫的男人的声音：“你们最后一场电影什么时候开始？”
“I’m sorry,” said Mrs Turner, “but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema.”
“对不起，”特纳夫人说，“你打错电话了。这里不是电影院。”
“Oh, it began twenty minutes ago, “ said the man.”I’m sorry about that. Well, good-bye.”
“哦，二十分钟前就开始了，”那人说，“我很失望。好吧，再见。”
Mrs Turner was very surprised, so she told her husband. He laughed and said, “No, that wasn’t a mistake. The man’s wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn’t hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy!”
特纳夫人非常惊讶，于是她告诉了丈夫。他笑着说：“不，这不是一个错误。这个男人的妻子想去电影院，但丈夫觉得很累，所以他打电话给电影院。他的妻子只能听见丈夫的声音，听不到你的声音。现在他们今晚会呆在家里，丈夫会很高兴的！”
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