开心一笑:双语城市 Bilingual City

A patron in Montreal cafe turned on a tap in the washroom and got scalded.

"This is an outrage," he complained. "The faucet marked C gave me boiling water."

"But, Monsieur, C stands for chaude — French for hot.

You should know that if you live in Montreal."

"Wait a minute," roared the patron. "The other tap is also marked C."

"Of course," said the manager, "It stands for cold. After all, Montreal is a bilingual city."

蒙特利尔咖啡馆的一位顾客拧开盥洗室的水龙头，结果被水烫伤了。

“这太可恶了，”他抱怨道，“标着C的龙头流出的是开水。”

“可是，先生，C代表Chaude，在法语里代表‘热’。如果您住在蒙特利尔的话就应该知道这一点。”

“等等，”那位顾客咆哮着，“另外一个龙头标的也是C。”

“那当然，”经理说道：“这个C代表冷（cold）。毕竟，蒙特利尔是个双语城市。”