6 A Joke—"I stand corrected" 笑话——"我诚恳认错"

I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans."So,"I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, "I stand corrected."

我有一个朋友， 他似乎总是微微向左倾斜。 这个问题曾经非常困扰我，所以我建议他去看医生， 检查一下他的腿。 几年来， 他总是不听我的建议， 还说我不正常， 但是上星期， 他终于去看了医生。 果真， 医生发现他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。 一个很快的小手术后， 他康复了， 现在他的两条腿完全一样长了， 他也不再倾斜了。"你看， " 我说， "那时我告诉你医生可以治好你的腿时你还不相信我呢。" 他看着我说："我认错了。"

lean 倾斜   slightly 轻微地   check out 检查   refuse 拒绝

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