A Young Officer and an Old Soldier

A very new, young officer was at a railway station. He was going to visit his mother, and he wanted to telephone her ，to tell her the time of his train.He looked in all his pockets,but found that he did not have the coins for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.

At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said,“Have you got change for ten pence?”

“Wait a moment,”the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket.“I'll see whether I can help you.”

“Don't you know how to speak to an officer?” the young man said angrily. “Now let's start again Have you got change for ten pence?”

“No,sir,” the old soldier answered quickly.

年轻军官与老兵

一位新(new)上任的年轻(young)军官(young officer)在火车站(railway station)候车。他要去看望(visit)他的母亲(mother)。他想打电话(want to telephone sb.)告诉(tell)母亲他的列车(train)到站的时间。但寻遍了所有的口袋(pocket)，却发现(find)他没有打电话用的硬币(coin)，于是他走到车站外面(outside)，环顾四周(look around)想找人帮忙(help)。