雙語故事:我不是送報的(I'm not a newsboy)

【英文原文】

I'm not a newsboy——我不是送報的

Freelance newspaper writers don't get nearly as much attention as writers with regular bylines. So I was delighted when I finally got some notice. It was at the bank, and I was depositing a stack of checks.

"Wow," said the teller, reading off the names of publishers from the tops of the checks. "You must deliver a lot of papers."

【中文譯文】

　　報紙的自由撰稿人得到的關注並不象專職寫手們的那樣多，因爲他們的文字作品印刷時會有附着個人資料。 所以，當我最終得到一些關注時，我感到很高興。 那次我去銀行，要存一大疊支票。“哇”，當出納員讀着支票票面頂端位置上寫的發行商名字時，不由得驚呀地叫了一聲，“你一定送了很多報紙了”。