英语笑话：难兄难弟 The Two Men

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　　A party of visitors were being shown round a lunatic asylum．They came across one individual in the grounds，with wild eyes，dishevelled hair，feverishly endeavouring to catchflies and keep them in his pocket．
        　　一群游客被领着参观一所疯人院。在院子里他们遇见一个人，他长着一双疯狂的眼睛，头发蓬乱，正狂热地设法逮住苍蝇，把它们装在他的口袋里。
        　　His was a sad case，said the attendant．Whilst he was at the war his wife abandoned his home and ran off with another man．
        　　他的病很惨，陪同人说。在他当兵打仗的时候，他的妻子抛下他的家和另一个男人私奔了。
        　　Terrible，said a visitor．
        　　真可怕，一个游客说。
        　　Presently they came to a padded cell，in which could be heard a raging as of a wild beast．
        　　不久他们来到一间安上软垫的小屋前，听见里面传出野兽般的怒吼。
        　　That's the other man，said the attendant．
        　　这就是那另一个男人，陪同人说。