双语故事:Essence of things(事物的本质)

【英文原文】


Essence of things——事物的本质

Wondering why my niece, Charlotte, was returning to college to get a master's in philosophy, I asked, "What can you do with a degree like that?"

"Well," she explained, "it will qualify me to deal with questions like, 'What is existence?' 'What is the essence of things?' and 'Do you want fries with that?' "

【中文译文】

我想知道为什么侄女Charlotte为什么要回到学校去修哲学硕士学位，于是问她，“你要这种学位做什么？”

“呃，”侄女解释说，“有了这个学位，我就有资格回答象下面的一些问题， ‘什么是存在’， ‘什么是事物的本质’，和 ‘要另外来点薯条吗’ 等等”。