发信人: navi(ivan)
整理人: imstella(2001-01-26 16:35:01), 站内信件
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Bill Clinton is visiting a school one day, after the White House had a new first family. In one class, he asks the students if anyone can give him an example of a "tragedy".
One little boy stands up and offers that "If my best friend who lives next door was playing in the street when a car came along and killed him, that would be a tragedy."
"No," Clinton says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."
A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved... that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explains Clinton. "That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS."
The room is silent; none of the other children volunteer. "What?" asks Clinton, "Isn't there any one here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally, a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says: "If an airplane carrying Bill & Hillary Clinton were blown up by a bomb, *that* would be a tragedy."
"Wonderful!" Clinton beams. "Marvelous! And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident, and it
certainly would be no great loss!"
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风回小院庭芜绿，柳眼春相续。
凭阑半日独无言，
依旧竹声新月似当年。
笙歌未散尊前在，池面冰初解。
烛明香暗画楼深，
满鬓清霜残雪思难任。
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