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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。
During the last days of the Christmas rush in one of New York’s largest department stores a frenzied clerk, overwhelmed by pushing women shoppers, was making out what she hoped would be the last sales check of the day.
As the customer gave her name and address, the clerk, pushing her hair up from her damp forehead, remarked: “It’s a madhouse, isn’t it?”
“No,” the customer replied pleasantly. “It’s a private home.”
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