Jack worked in an office in a small town. One day his boss said to him, “Jack, I want you to go to Manchester, to an office there, to see Mr Brown. Here’s the address.”
杰克在一个小镇的一家事务所上班。一天，他的老板对他说：“杰克，我想让你去曼彻斯特，到那儿的一个事务所去见布朗先生。这是他的地址。”
Jack went to Manchester by train. He left the station, and thought, “The office isn’t far from the station. I’ll find it easily.”
杰克乘坐火车去了曼彻斯特。他离开了车站，心想：“事务所离火车站不远。我会很容易找到的。”
But after an hour he was still looking for it, so he stopped and asked an old lady. She said, “Go straight along this street, turn to the left at the end, and it’s the second building on the right.” Jack went and found it.
但是过了一个小时，他仍然在找，因此他停下来，问了一个老太太。她说：“沿着这条街正直往前走，在尽头处往左拐，右边第二座楼就是。”杰克去就找到了。
A few days later he went to the same city, but again he did not find the office, so he asked someone the way. It was the same old lady! She was very surprised and said, “Are you still looking for that place?”
几天以后，他去了同一座城市，但是他又一次没有找到事务所，于是他找人问路。结果是同一个老太太！她非常吃惊，说：“你还在找那个地方吗？”
