Jim met two friends in the street. "Come back to my apartment for a meal," he said" You can see the whole of the city from my bedroom window."
His two friends agreed and they went back with Jin to the aparment building where he lived on the 40th floor. When they arrived, however, the elevator(電梯) was out of order.
"l'm sorry,” Jim said," We'll have to walk ."
"But it's forty floors!" they said.
"We'll talk as we climb," Jim said, "You can tell me the mewjokes you've heard and when we get to my apartment l'll tell you a story." His friends agreed and they started to climb the forty flights of stairs .At last they reached the top floor and were standing outside the door of Jim's apartment.
"Now tell us a good story." his friends said.
Jim looked at them sadly and said "Once upon a time there was a man who met two friends. He invide them to his apatment on the fortieth floor. The elevator wasn't working and they had to climb forty flights of stairs. When they reached the fortieth floor he put his hand in his pocket for the key to the door of his apartment .lt wasn't there. Then he remembered where is was. lt was in his car"
吉姆在街上遇見了兩個朋友。
“回到我的公寓吃飯。”他說。”妳可以看到整個城市從我的臥室窗口。”
他的兩個朋友同意和他們回去與吉姆在他所住的第四十層公寓樓。
他們到達時，然而，電梯壞了。
“對不起。”吉姆說，“我們得走了。”
“但這是四十層樓！”
“我們會像我們的攀登。”吉姆說。“妳能告訴我妳聽過的新笑話，我們得到當我的公寓，我要告訴妳壹個故事。”他的朋友同意了，他們開始爬四十層樓梯。最後他們到達頂層，站在門外的吉姆的公寓。
“現在告訴我們壹個好故事。”他的朋友說。
吉姆看著他們傷心地說，“從前有壹個人誰遇到了兩個朋友。他邀請他們去他的公寓在第四十樓。電梯沒有工作，他們不得不爬四十層樓梯。當他們到達第四十樓，他伸手到口袋裏去他的公寓的門鑰匙。它不在那兒。然後他記得它在哪裏。這是他的車。”