Henry was from the United¹ States and he had come to London for a holiday.

 

One day he was not feeling well, so he went to the clerk at the desk of his hotel and said, "I want to see doctor. Can you give me the name of a good one?"

 

The clerk looked in a book and then said, "Dr². Kenneth Grey, 61010."

 

Henry said, "Thank yon very much. Is he expensive?"

 

"Well," the clerk answered, "he always charges his patients two pounds for their first visit to him, and one pound and 50 pennies³ for later visits."

 

Henry decided⁴ to save 50 pennies, so when he went to see the doctor, he said, "I've come again, doctor."

 

For a few seconds the doctor looked at his face carefully without saying anything. Then he nodded and said, "Oh, yes." He examined him and then said, "Everything's going as it should do. Just continue with the medicine I gave you last time."

 

美国人亨利来到伦敦度假。

 

有一天，他感觉不舒服，便来到旅馆服务台向服务员咨询：“我想看病，你能帮我找一位好医生吗？”

 

服务员翻阅了一下本子，然后说：“肯尼思·格雷医生，61010。”

 

亨利说：“非常感谢，他看病收费贵吗？”

 

“喔，”服务员回答说，“初诊患者收费2英镑，复诊收费1.5英镑。”

 

亨利琢磨着能省下50便士，于是，他去看病时对医生说：“我又来了，医生。”

 

医生一言不发地端详着他的面容，过了一会儿点点头说道：“哦，对。”医生给亨利做完检查后说：“病情得到了控制，继续吃上次我给你的药就可以了。”

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