把你的名字倒过来写
【内容提示】
请按下面的内容要点写一篇幽默故事：
①不久前的一天，一个名叫 William Smith的男人去警察局办理驾驶执照。
②警察局的办公桌后坐着一名警官，此人不怎么有礼貌。
③Smith先生说他要办驾驶执照，警官让他填写一张卡片。
④警官让Smith把名字写在最上面，顺序是先写姓再写名。
⑤Smith先生不理解警官的意思，警官又不客气地说：“把你的名字倒过来写，先写姓后写名。”
⑥Smith先生慢慢地，谨慎地看着自己的姓名，他感到有点奇怪……（根据你的判断，怎么往下写才算幽默）。
【作文示范】
Write Your Name Backwards
赵大全
The other day a man named William Smith went to a police station. He wanted to get a license to drive an automobile.
Behind the desk in the police station sat a police captain. This police captain was not a very polite man.
“I would like to get a license to drive an automobile,”said Mr. Smith a little timidly①.
“You have to fill out② this card first,”said the police captain. He threw a small white card in Mr. Smith's direction. “Put your name at the top.”
“In ink?”asked Mr. Smith very politely.
“Of course, in ink,”said the police captain. “Put your last name first and your first name last.”
“How's that?”said Smith. He did not understand the police captain.
“Write your name backwards. Your last name first and your first name last. BACKWARDS!”
“Backwards?”
“That's right. That's just what I said!”
Slowly, carefully Mr. Smith began to write. It seemed a little strange to him. But the police captain must know what was correct. Mr. Smith wrote his name: HTIMS MAILLIW.
【词语解释】
① timidly['timidli] ad. 胆怯地；羞怯地
② fill out 填写
【写法指要】
这是一篇幽默故事。幽默可来自语言因素，也可以来自非语言因素。就语言因素来看，可以有语法并置发生冲突引发的幽默，有语音差别引发的幽默，也有词语拼写和理解误差引发的幽默。本文的幽默就来自对backwards一词的不同理解，和对 William Smith这个姓名的不同拼写方式。警官让Smith把姓和名顺序倒一下，而Smith则理解为把他的姓名从最后一个字母开始一个个倒着写，因而闹出了文章最后大写字母串的笑话。
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