質問: 英文和訳について 「次の英文の面白いところを要点を分かり易く、英語で説明しなさい。」という問題がテストに出るそうなのですが、どのように答えれば完璧でしょうか。できるだけ簡単によろしくお願いします。 a canadian couple took a trip to japan. they had studied japanese in canada before starting on their trip. on their first night in tokyo, they went to a sushi shop. when they finished eating, the husband tried to use japanese and asked, “ikura?’’ meaning "how much is it?'' the cook at the counter shouted loudly, "ikura for two!'' beautiful ikura-zushi was immediately placed in front of the amazed canadians. the man was disappointed. he changed from japanese to english, and again asked for their bill, "how much?'' do you think they got the bill? no. this time they got hamachi-zushi!
回答: the canadian's 'ikura' ("how much," also "salmon roe") was misunderstood by the casher as an order for salmon roe. next "how much" was misunderstood as 'hamachi,' a yellowtail. obviously a lame made-up story because only an idiot places an order with his wallet out.