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以下は笑い話で一読後ニヤリとしていればよい類のものですがこれをまじめに英語で解釈してみませんか？英会話の話題としてもご利用ください。
At a grocery store I used to meet a quiet, middle-aged lady who was the thriftiest shopper I had ever seen, and one day I told her so.
“I suppose it runs in the family,” she said. “My grandmother brought me up on a farm in Vermont, and she would never cut the lettuce on a Sunday till she returned from church.” “Why?” I asked in surprise.
“Why? So the lettuce might grow a little more while Granny was at church!”
（トークラインのご利用者様にお送りしている１０月６日付のHANDOUTの一部で、The Reader’s Digestからの転載です）
