One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. "It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."

一个冬天的早上，职员在向老板解释为什么他迟到了45分钟：“地太滑了，我每向前走一步，就往回滑两步。”

The boss eyed him suspiciously. "Oh, yeah? Then how did you ever get here?"

老板怀疑地看着他：“哦，真的？那你怎么到这的？”

"I finally gave up," he said, "and started for home."

“我最后放弃了，”他说，“然后开始回家。”