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爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

When he could stop laughing, he said: "You know, Rossiter, that I am always ready to lend my books to any one who will make good use of them and bring them back, but I always forget to whom I lend them. It happened, in this case, that I wanted that volume of Ruskin about a week ago; but when I went to the shelf for it, it was gone. I knew I must have lent it, but to whom I could not remember. During the past week, I began to demand the book of every friend I met to whom I might have lent it. Of course, every one of them protested innocence; but at last I've struck the guilty man. I shall know, in future, how to find my missing books. The plan works beautifully."

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 138 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

等他笑够了,他说:“你知道,罗西特,我总是乐意把书借给任何能好好利用并归还的人,但我总是忘记借给了谁。这次碰巧一周前我需要那本罗斯金的书,去书架拿时发现不见了。我知道肯定借出去了,但想不起借给谁。过去一周,我开始向每一位可能借过书的朋友索要。当然,每个人都否认;但终于让我逮到了罪魁祸首。以后我知道怎么找丢失的书了。这办法真妙。”

上下文

比彻先生向朋友罗西特讲述他如何用“挨个索要”的笨办法找回借出的书,语气幽默。

今日一问

你是否有过借出东西却忘记借给谁的经历?有什么好办法避免?

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