A Natural Process

    A man enters a barbershop for a shave. While the barber is foaming（涂上泡沫） him up, he mentions the problems he has getting a close shave around the cheeks.
    "I have just the thing," says the barber, taking a small wooden ball from a nearby drawer. "Just place this between your cheek and gum（齿龈）." The client places the ball in his mouth and the barber proceeds with the closest shave the man has ever experienced. After a few strokes the client asks in garbled¹ speech, "And what if I swallow it?" "No problem," says the barber. "Just bring it back tomorrow like everyone else does."

1 garbled   

adj.（指信息）混乱的，引起误解的v.对（事实）歪曲，对（文章等）断章取义，窜改( garble的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He gave a garbled account of what had happened. 他对所发生事情的叙述含混不清。
• The Coastguard needs to decipher garbled messages in a few minutes. 海岸警卫队需要在几分钟内解读这些含混不清的信息。 来自辞典例句