A student in the literature class asked his teacher if he had read a hot novel. The teacher said that he had not read the book.

　　文学课上，一个学生问老师是否看过一本最新的畅销小说。老师说还没有看过那本书。

　　"What a surprise," said the student. “It has been published for several months.”

　　“太让人吃惊了，”这个学生说，“这本书已经出版好几个月了。”

　　"Then have you read Shakespeare's Hamlet?” asked the teacher.

　　“那么你看过莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》吗?”老师问。

　　"No，”said the student.

　　“没有。”学生回答道。

　　"What a pity ! You’d better hurry，for it has been published for several hundred years.”

　　“太遗憾了!你最好快点儿，因为这本书已经出版了好几百年了。”