Unusual Echoes

 

不同寻常的回音

Once Mark Twain and two friends were sitting in a restaurant

有一次，马克.土温和两个朋友在饭馆里坐着。

One friend has just returned from a trip to Vermont.

一个朋友刚从佛蒙特旅行回来。

The friend said that the air in the mountains of Vermont was very clear.

这位朋友说佛蒙特的大山里空气非常清新。

In many places

在许多地方，

the echo of a voice came back five times stronger than the original voice.

一个声音的回音要比原来的声音强五倍。

The second friend said that was nothing.

第二个朋友说那没有什么。

In Colorado,where he lived,in many places

在他居住的科罗拉多的许多地方，

the echo of a voice spoken in the morning came back in the afternoon.

一个早上说话的声音要到下午才能返回。

Mark Twain laughed, Then he said,

马克.土温大笑起来，然后他说:

Listen!The echoes which you have told me about are very unusual.

你们说的那些回音非常不同寻常。

But in a small church in Missouri, where I was born,

但是在我出生的密苏里的一个小教堂里，

there is an echo more unusual than those.

有一个回音比你们说的那些更不同寻常。

"What is so strange about the echo there?"asked one of them.

"那里的那个回音有什么不同寻常的?"一个人问。

"Well,I will tell you,"said Mark Twain

"好吧，我来告诉你们，"马克.土温说。

"The echo in that church is so unusual that if one asks in a loud voice:

"那个教堂里的回音真的非常不同寻常，如果一个人大声问:

Good Morning!How are you?The echo repeats very clearly after a moment:

早上好!你好吗?过一会儿，回音会清楚地回答:

Very well,thank you. And how are you?

非常好，谢谢。你好吗？