On a business trip to India, a colleague of mine arrived at the airport in Dilhi. He took a taxi to his hotel, where he was greeted by his hospitable Indian host. The cab driver requested the equivalent of eight dollars U. S. for the fare, which seemed reasonable, so my friend handed him the money.

　　我的一個同事去印度出差。他抵達(dá)迪爾黑機(jī)場，就搭出租車到賓館。好客的印度主人在那里迎接他。出租車司機(jī)索要相當(dāng)于八美元的費用。我朋友覺得似乎是合理價格，就把錢給了他。

　　But the host grabbed the bills and initiated a verbal assault upon the cabby, calling him a worthless parasite and a disgrace to their country for trying to overcharge visitors. The host threw half the amount at the driver and told him never to return.

　　但迎客主人一把抓過那錢鈔，對出租司機(jī)大罵不止，稱他是一文不值的寄生蟲，并說他企圖宰國外來客，真是丟盡了他們國家的面子。他把錢鈔的半數(shù)扔給司機(jī)，告訴他永遠(yuǎn)別再回來。

　　As the taxi sped off, the host gave the remaining bills to my colleague and asked him how his trip had been. "Fine," the business- man replied, "until you chased the cab away with my luggage in the trunk."

　　出租司機(jī)一踩油門跑掉了。主人把剩下的錢還給我的同事，問他旅途如何。“很好，”這位商人回答，“只是你把出租車趕跑了，我的行李還在車箱里。”

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