A shoplifter was caught red-handed trying to steal a watch from a jewelry store.

一個小偷在一家珠寶店企圖偷走一只手表的時候被當場擒獲。

"Listen," said the shoplifter, "I know you don't want any trouble either.

“聽著，”小偷說，“我知道你們也不想惹麻煩。

What do you say I just buy the watch, and we forget about this?"

我把這只表買下，然后我們就當什么也沒發生，你看怎樣?”

The manager agreed and wrote up the sales slip.

經理表示同意，然后列了一張售貨單。

The crook looked at the slip and said, "This is a little more than I intended to spend."

小偷看著單子說道：“這比我最初的預算稍稍高了一點，你們還有沒有便宜一點兒東西。”