Hanging in the hallway at Whites High School in Wabash, Ind., and the basketball team pictures from the past 40 years. A player in the center of the front row in each picture holds a basketball identifying the year – “62-63”, “63-64”, “64-65”, etc.

One day I spotted a freshman looking curiously at the photos. Turning to me, he said, “Isn‘t it strange how the teams always lost by one point?”

翻譯：

位于印第安那州瓦巴西的懷茲中學(xué)，其門(mén)廳里懸掛著過(guò)去四十年間樣籃球隊(duì)的照片。每幅照片前排中間的隊(duì)員舉著一個(gè)籃球，上面標(biāo)明年份－“62-63”，“63-64”，“64-65”等等。

一天，我看到一個(gè)新生很困惑地看著照片。他朝我轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)，說(shuō)道：“多奇怪呀，這些隊(duì)都是以一分之差輸?shù)舻模?#8221;

Traveler: Can I catch the three o‘clock train to Toronto?

Ticket agent: That depends on how fast you can run. It left fifteen minutes ago.

翻譯：

旅行者：我還能趕上3點(diǎn)鐘那班到多倫多的火車(chē)嗎？

售票員：那得看你跑得有多快。火車(chē)15分鐘前開(kāi)出。