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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。

On their first visit to this country, the Albert Einsteins were given a dinner by the New York Times.  A corsage for Mrs. Einstein ordered by the Times arrived late, after everyone was seated.  So the two orchids were placed on her plate.

Mrs. Einstein, who was nearsighted and always very anxious to conform to all foreign customs, showed no awkward surprise at this strange American hors d’oeuvre.  She began delicately to eat it.  A waiter relieved the situation: he tactfully removed the orchids.

But behind the scene there was a great excitement.  A hospital was called and asked whether eating an orchid was likely to hurt anyone.  But the hospital had no recorded data on the effects of orchid eating.

Until her death some years later, the wife of a German scientist knew more on the mysterious and unproved subject than this great hospital.

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