Reader's Digest 4月号の記事 'Life in these United States' からの引用です。
I was at the hardware store to get a duplicate of my car key made when the store clerk asked, "You're a model?" It was exactly what a woman in her mid 30s wanted to hear.
"Well, no, I'm not," I said, blushing. "But I'm very flattered that--"
He stopped me right there, pointed to my car keys, and repeated slowly, "Year... and ... model?"
I was at the hardware store to get a duplicate of my car key made when the store clerk asked, "You're a model?" It was exactly what a woman in her mid 30s wanted to hear.
"Well, no, I'm not," I said, blushing. "But I'm very flattered that--"
He stopped me right there, pointed to my car keys, and repeated slowly, "Year... and ... model?"