It’s on the table
A traveler hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cashdesk. He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had forgotten something in his room.
“Look here, boy,” he said to the bellboy. “Run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there. Be quick about it!”
The boy rqn upstairs. Five minutes passed. The traveler was pacing up and down the hall, looking very angry. At last the boy appeared.
“Yes, sir,” he reported to the traveler, “you have left the parcel there. It’s right on the table in your room. Shall I fetch it for you?”
它在桌上
一位客人匆匆忙忙下樓來到旅館的帳臺。他付完帳還要趕到火車站去，只剩下十五分鐘的時間了。突然間，他想起有一件東西忘在房間裡了。
他對旅館的服務生喊道：“喂，服務生，到我樓上的房間裡看看，我是不是把一包東西留在桌上了。快點！”
服務生跑上樓。五分鐘過去了，這位旅客在大廳裡來回踱步，一副很生氣的樣子。後來服務生終於出現了，他對那位客人說：“沒錯，先生，那包東西就在您房間的桌上。要我為您拿下來嗎？”