希腊语

希腊语
Greek

Mr．Day was a teacher at a school in a big city in then orth of England．He usually went to France or Germany for afew weeks during his summer holidays，and he spoke Fren chand German quite well．

But one year Mr．Day said to one of his friends，\”I\’m going to have a holiday in Athens． ButI don\’t speak Greek， soI\’ll go to evening classes and have Greek lessons for a month before I go．\”

He studied very hard for a month， and then his holiday sbegan and he went to Greece．

When he came back a few weeks later， his friend said tohim，\”Did you have any trouble with your Greek when youwere in Athens， Dick？\”

\”No， I didn\’t have any trouble with it.\”answered Mr．Day．\”But the Greeks did！\”

希腊语

戴先生是英格兰北部一个大城市里的中学教师。在暑假 期间他通常就到法国或德国去度几周的假，他的法语和德语 都讲得相当好。
然而有一年，戴先生对他的一位朋友说：“我准备上雅典去度假。可是我不会讲希腊语，所以去雅典前我将先去夜校进修一个月的希腊语课程。”
他很用功地学了一个月后，他的假期也接着开始了，于是他就去了希腊。
几周后，他回来了，他的朋友问他说：“迪克，你在雅典时，***的希腊语有没有遇到困难？”
戴先生回答说：“没有，我的希腊语用来得心应手，倒是那些希腊人遇到了麻烦。”