雙語笑話:世界上最好的售貨員大綱

Harry saw an ad in a window. It said: "Wanted. The Best Sales- man in the World. Top Pay."

" I' m a great salesman." Harry told himself." I can sell anything. I'll go in and ask for that job."

He went into the building and spoke to the manager.

"I'm the best salesman in the world," he said. "Give me the job. "

"You must prove you're the best," the manager said.

"I'll pass every test you give me." Harry told him.

"Good."

The manager took a box of candy out of his desk .

"Last week, I bought a thousand boxes of this candy. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.

"That's easy," Harry said.

He took the box of candy and left the office.

Every day and all day, he went from shop to shop, trying to sell boxes of the candy .
　　He couldn't sell one.

The candy was so bad he couldn't even give it away.

At the end of the week he went back to the manager.

"I'm sorry, sir, " he said," I was wrong about myself . I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.

"Oh," said the manager. "Who?"

"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of this candy, " Harry said.

　　哈里在櫥窗上看到一則廣告。上面寫着：“招聘世界上最好的售貨員，報酬優厚。”

“我是一名了不起的售貨員，”哈里自言自語，“任何東西我都能賣出去，我要進去應聘這份工作。”

他走進大樓去和經理說這件事。

“我是世界上最好的售貨員，”他說，“把這件工作給我吧。”

“你必須證明你是最好的，”經理說。

“我會通過你給我的每一次考驗的。”哈里告訴他。

“好。”

經理從桌子裏取出一箱糖果。

“我上星期買了一千箱這種糖果。如果你能在週末之前把這些全賣出去，你就能得到這份工作。”

“這很簡單。”哈里說。

他拿着這箱糖果離開了辦公室。

每天從早到晚，他從這家店走到那家店，竭力想賣出一千箱糖果。

結果他一箱也沒賣出去。

糖果質量太差，以至於送人都沒人要。

週末他回去見經理。

“很抱歉，先生，”他說，“我搞錯了。我不是世界上最好的售貨員，但我知道誰是最好的。”

“哦，”經理問，“是誰？”

“是把這一千箱糖果賣給你的人，”哈里說。