Len was thirty years old, and he had very long hair. He lived in a big city, but one year he did not find any work there, so he went to a small town and began looking for work there. He went to a lot of places, but nobody wanted him.
莱恩30岁了,留着很长的头发。他住在一个大城市,但是有一年,他在那儿没找到工作,于是他去了一个小镇,开始在那儿找工作。他去了许多地方,但是没有人想要他。
Then he met an old friend, and this man said to him, “People in this town don’t like long hair. Why don’t you go to a barber? He can cut a lot of it off, and then you can get some work.”
后来他遇到一位老朋友,这个人对他说:“这个镇上的人们不喜欢长头发。你为什么不去找个理发师理发呢?他可以剪掉许多去,这样你就能找到工作了。”
Len went to a barber and said, “Please cut most of my hair off.”
莱恩去找到一位理发师,说:“请把我的头发剪掉一大部分去。”
The barber began. He cut and cut for a long time and then he said to Len, “Were you in the army a few years ago?”
理发师剪了起来。他不停地剪了好长时间,然后他对莱恩说:“你几年前是在部队吧?”
“Yes, I was,” Len answered. “Why did you ask that?”
“对,没错,”莱恩回答。“你为什么那样问呢?”
“Because I’ve found your cap,” the barber answered.
“因为我找到了你的帽子,”理发师回答。