A doctor was having an affair with his nurse. Shortly afterward, she told him she was pregnant. Not wanting his wife to know, he gave the nurse a sum of money and asked her to go to Italy and have the baby there.
一位医生与他的女护士有染。不久，护士说她怀孕了。医生怕自己的妻子知道此事，就给了女护士一笔钱，让他到意大利去生产。

“But how will I let you know the baby is born?” she asked. He replied, “Just send me a postcard and write 'spaghetti' on the back. I'll take care of expenses.”
“我该怎样通知你孩子已生下来了？”护士说。他回答道，“寄一个明信片给我，在背面写上‘意大利面条’，我会支付所有费用。”

Not knowing what else to do, the nurse took the money and flew to Italy.
女护士也不知道应该怎么做，只好拿上钱，飞往意大利。

Six months went by and then one day the doctor's wife called him at the office and explained, “Dear, you received a very strange postcard in the mail today from Europe, and I don't understand what it means.”
6个月后的一天，医生的妻子打电话到他的办公室，“亲爱的，今天从欧洲寄来一封奇怪的明信片给你，我简直不明白是什么意思。”

The doctor said, “Just wait until I get home and I will explain it to you”. Later that evening, the doctor came home, read the postcard, fell to the floor with a heart attack. Paramedics rushed him to the ER. The lead medic stayed back to comfort the wife. He asked what trauma had precipitated the cardiac arrest.
医生说，“等我回家向你解释。”很快到了晚上，医生回家取来明信片一看，明信片掉到了地上，突然心脏病发作。护士们将它送到急救室，护士长留下安慰医生的妻子。并询问究竟是什么导致医生的心脏病爆发。

So the wife picked up the card and read, “Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti - Two with sausage and meatballs, two without”.
医生的妻子拿出明信片，读到。“意大利面条，意大利面条，意大利面条，意大利面条 - 两份香肠加肉丸的，两份不加的。”

☆常用词汇：
1.An Order 约定，订单，点菜的菜单
2.Spaghetti 意大利面条
3.pregnant 怀孕
4.Paramedics 护士
5ER. 急救室 =emergency room

☆幽默点评：
医生为什么会突发心脏病呢？
医生事前许诺女护士要承担所有费用的。可在寄来的明信片后面写着“4份意大利面”！“Two with sausage and meatballs, two without”意为“两男两女”。如此高产，岂不要了医生的性命！

☆翻译点评：popmoon 新月空中英语 www.popmoon.com