迟付款的戒指

一天，一家金店的老板收到一封信。因为他很忙，这封信一直放在桌上，直到吃饭的时候才打开那封信，一张1000美元的支票掉到桌上，除了支票，还有一封短信：尊敬的先生：40年前我要结婚的时候，不幸那时失业率很高，我没有了工作。在我找到另一份工作之前，我已经六个月没有工作了。当然，我当时非常缺钱。

One day, the boss of a gold shop received a letter. As he was very busy, the letter was on his desk till dinner time. When he opened it, a $1000 note fell out onto the desk. With the note was a short letter：Dear Sir, I got married forty years ago. Unfortunately 1, at that time there was a lot of unemploy- ment2 and I got no job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money.