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2025-03-20 08:58阅读:
吹牛老兵
鸭绒25(译)
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两个男人正在互相吹嘘他们过去的军队生活。
“我的部队训练有素。”其中一个人说,“当他们举枪时,你能听到的就是啪、啪、咔哒的声音。”
“不错。”另一个人承认,“但当我的连队举枪时,你能听到的是啪、啪、叮当的声音。”
“叮当是什么声音?”第一个人问。
“哦。”另一个人随口回答,“那是我们的勋章。”

注:争强好胜的吹嘘,既体现在技术精良的军事素质上,也体现在荣誉功勋上。

原文: Bragging Veterans

Two men were boasting to each other about their old army days
“Whymy outfit was so well drilled”declared one“that when they presented arms all you could hear was slapslapclick
“Very good”conce
ded the other“but when my company presented arms you'd just hear slapslapjingle
“What was the jingle”asked the first
“Oh”replied the other offhand“just our medals

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