Mr William was deaf, but he didn't like people to know this. One evening he asked some friends to dinner. While they were sitting together after dinner, one of his friends told a funny story. Everyone laughed, and Mr William laughed, too. He said, "That was a funny story, but I know a funnier one." So he began his story. When it ended, everyone laughed louder than ever. Mr William himself smiled happily. But he didn't know he had told the very story that his friend had just told.
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威廉先生耳聾，可是他不愿讓別人知道。一天晚上他請一些朋友吃飯。當(dāng)飯后他們坐在一起時，一位朋友講了一個很有趣的故事。大家都笑了，威廉先生也笑了。他說，“這是一個挺有趣的故事，可是我還知道一個更有趣的。”于是他開始講自己的故事。當(dāng)故事結(jié)束時，大家笑得更厲害了。威廉先生自己也開心地笑了?？墒撬恢?，他講的故事正是剛才他朋友講的那個故事。