英语短文故事:不同的听众A Different Kind of Audience

AI Smith was governor of New York State. He was a famous man. He was born very poor on the East Side of New York City. He had little education. He worked very hard and won great success.
阿尔·史密斯是个名人,他曾担任过纽约州的州长,出生在纽约市东部的一个穷苦家庭。他接受的教育不多,然而他工作努力,最终赢得了巨大成就。

One day, as governor, he was visiting the state prison at Sing-Sing. Sing-Sing is one of the largest prisons in the United States. The head of the prison asked Mr. Smith to say something to the prisoners. Mr. Smith had never spoken to this kind of audience before. He did not know how to begin.
有一天,他以州长的身份访问了辛辛监狱。辛辛监狱是美国最大的监狱之一。监狱长请史密斯对囚犯们说几句话。史密斯先生以前从来没有对犯人讲过话,他不知道如何开口。

Finally, he said,“My fellow citizens...” Then he remembered that when a man goes to duanwenw.com prison he is no longer a citizen. He began again, “My fellow prisoners...” That did not sound right, so he said:“Well, anyway, I’m glad to see so many of you here today.”
最后,他终于开口说道:“我亲爱的公民们……”接着他想起一个人蹲监狱就不再是公民了。他再次开始:“我亲爱的囚犯们……”那听起来也不好,于是他说:“噢,不管怎样,今天在这里能见到你们这么多人,我真是太高兴了。”

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