背诵为王 第 二 册 第 39 课

（单词翻译）

Lesson39 Writing¹ the Name Backwards²
The other day a man named William Smith went to a police³ station． He wantedto get a license⁴ to drive a car．Behind the desk in the police station sat⁵ apolice captain⁶． He was⁷ not a very polite⁸ man．“I would⁹ like to get alicense to drive a car，” said¹⁰ Mr． Smith in a low¹¹ voice¹²． “You have tofill out this card first，” said the police captain． He threw a smallwhite card in Mr． Smith's direction¹³． “Put your name at the top．” “Inink?” asked Mr． Smith very politely¹⁴． “Of course¹⁵， in ink!” said thepolice captain． “Put your last name first and your first name last．”
“How's that?” said Smith． He did¹⁶ not understand the police captain．“Write your name backwards． Your last name first and your first name last． BACKWARDS!” “Backwards?” “That's right． That's just what I said!”
Slowly¹⁷， carefully¹⁸ Mr． Smith began to write． It seemed¹⁹ a little strange²⁰ tohim． But the police captain must know what was correct²¹． Mr． Smith wrotehis name： HTIMS MAILLIW．

police captain 警官
backwards ? 向后地，相反地

倒着写名字
有一天，警察局来了个叫威廉姆•史密斯的人。他想办一张驾驶汽车的驾驶证。
警察局里办公桌后坐着一位警官。他不是个很客气的人。
“我想办张汽车驾驶证”，史密斯先生低声说。
“首先你必须填好这张卡，”警官说。他朝史密斯先生的方向扔过来一张白色的小卡片。“顶端填写你的姓名。”
“用墨水填？”史密斯先生很礼貌地问。
“当然，用墨水！”警官说，“先写姓，后写名。”
“怎么填？”史密斯说。他不明白负责人的意思。
“从后往前写姓名。姓在前，名在后。倒着写！”
“倒着写？”
“对。我就是这样说的！”
史密斯先生开始慢慢地、仔细地填写。他觉得这有点奇怪。但警官肯定知道怎么填写才是正确的。史密斯先生写下了他的姓名： HTIMS MAILLIW。