雙語故事:Can pilots fly(飛行員就會飛嗎?)

【英文原文】

Can pilots fly——飛行員就會飛嗎？

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I worked in the biology department at Buffalo State College in New York. The Great Lakes Laboratory, also stationed at the college, employed a licensed boat captain to man its research vessel. It was common knowledge that the captain couldn't swim. When newcomers learned of this, they would often approach him about it. "Is it true?" one of them asked incredulously. "You, a boat captain, can't swim?"

"No, I can't!" he replied. "Can pilots fly?"

【中文譯文】

我在紐約州立大學水牛分校的的生物系工作。 大湖實驗室同時也設在這家大學，並聘請了專業的持照船長來駕駛實驗室的研究用船。 按常識，船長是必須不會游泳的。 當一批新員工來到並得知這個事情後，他們經常走到那船長問個明白。“這是真的嗎？”一次，一個新員工懷疑地問，“你，一個船長，不會游泳？”“不會，我不會游泳”，船長回答說，“飛行員就會飛嗎？”