An artist consigned his paintings for sale in a shop.
One day, the artist asked the shop owner if anyone had bought his paintings. The shop owner said, “It’s both good news and bad news for you.“
The artist was confused.
The shop owner said, “A man asked if your paintings would appreciate after you die. I said yes, and he bought all your paintings.”
Upon hearing the owner’s words, the artist was so excited that he forgot to ask the bad news.
The shop owner sighed, “The man who bought your paintings is your doctor.”*
抄在這裏博君一笑。
另外，在路上碰到外國人，要請問他來自哪個國家，可以說：
Where are you from?
Or
Where do you come from?
人家回答國名之後，不要說：
I know where you are coming from.
因為這一句是老外經常掛在嘴邊的口頭禪，字面的意思是「我知道你的論點的出發點是什麼」，引申為「我了解你要表達的是什麼意思」，和來自什麼國家是完全沒有關係的喔！
長知識了！
*: 《零基礎學交際英文會話一本就掌握》，許錡 許楷 編著
2020/1/17 The good news and the bad news Damakey
