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这人是个疯子!这个文章的全文我看过．全文是这样的．No ElephantsJill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city 。She had to go to work every day by train 。There was only one other person in the train with her 。This was a well - dressed man reading a newspaper 。Suddenly ,about halfway through the journey ,the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces 。Then he picked them up ,opened the window and threw them all out 。This done ,he sat down ,closed his eyes ,and slept for the rest of the journey 。The next day ,Jill Jones got into the same train 。The same welldressed man was there ,reading a newspaper 。As before ,about halfway through the journey ,the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces 。Then he picked the pieces up ,opened the window and threw them all out 。This done ,he sat down ,closed his eyes ,and slept for the rest of the journey 。This happened every day for a week 。At last ,on Friday ,Jill Jones spoke to the man 。" Excuse me ,sir ," she said ," I don't want to be rude ,but I must ask you a question 。When we are halfway through our journey ,you tear your newspaper into hundreds of pieces and then throw them all out of the window 。Please tell me ,sir 。Why do you do this "The well - dressed man smiled 。" There's a simple reason ," he said 。" I like to sleep for part of the journey ,but I cannot sleep if the t rain is full of elephants 。So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants 。It stops them from coming into the train 。"" But there aren't any elephants in the train ," Jill Jones said 。" I know ," the man said 。" It works well ,doesn't It "吉儿琼斯在城市的一个与众不同的地段有了一个新的工作,她必须每天坐火车去上班。在火车中只有两个人,她及一个穿着很好的男人看一份报纸。经过旅程的一半,突然男人开始将他的报纸撕得粉碎。做完之后,他坐了下来,闭上了他的眼睛,剩下的旅程他一直在睡觉。第二天,吉儿琼斯进入了相同的火车。还是那个穿着良好的男人在坐那里 ,看一份报纸。经过旅程的一半,男人开始将他的报纸撕碎。然后他拾起碎片,打开了窗户而且把碎片全部扔出去。做完之后,他坐了下来,关闭了他的眼睛,剩下的旅程他一直在睡觉。每天就这样,持续发生了一个星期。最后,在星期五,吉儿琼斯跟男人说话。"对不起 ,先生 ," 她说 ,"我不想你粗鲁无礼,我要问你一个问题。当我们经过我们的旅程一半的时候,你将你的报纸撕碎然后打开窗户把碎片扔出去。请告诉我,先生,你为什么这样做 ” 穿着良好的男人微笑。"我有一个非常简单的理由 ," ,他说。"我喜欢睡觉来打发旅程的后一半,但是如果火车充满大象,我不能够睡觉。因此我对大象丢出去报纸。它阻止他们进入火车。” ”但是这里没有大象啊”!”她说!”我知道”,他说,”可见我扔报纸很管用啊!”总之,这个人是个神经病,这段话,就是个小笑话!