Humorous article

1. Monastery Life (修道院的生活) [幽默小品]
(中文由老編西歪翻譯)
A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to
helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of
the church by hand.
一位年輕的修士來到修道院。他被分配去幫助其他修士用手抄寫舊
的經典和教堂的戒律。

2. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from
copies, not from the original manuscript.
他注意到，所有的僧侶都是從複製本來抄寫，而不是對照原始的手
稿。
So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this,
pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first
copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be
continued in all of the subsequent copies.
所以，新的修士去找修道院院長提出質疑，並指出，如果有人在第

3. 一個複製版本造成一個小錯誤，它將永遠不會被修正！事實上，那
個錯誤會繼續存在往後所有的抄本中。
The head monk, says, "We have been copying from the copies
for centuries, but you make a good point, my son."
修道院院長說，
「幾個世紀以來我們一直在對照複製版本抄錄，但
是孩子！你的意見很好呀。」

4. He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery
where the original manuscripts are held as archives in a locked
vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by
and nobody sees the old abbot . . .
他走到修道院地下的黑暗地窖，原始手稿就儲藏在上鎖的保管箱中，
數百年來都沒有被打開過。幾個小時過去了，都沒看到老院長。

5. So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him.
He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing.
"You were right son...”
因此，年輕修士很擔心，下到地窖中去看他。見院長的頭靠在牆上正
在哀號。
「孩子你是對的...
We missed the R!
我們漏掉了 R!
We missed the R!
我們漏掉了 R!
We missed the R!
我們漏掉了 R!」
His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying
uncontrollably. The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong,
father?"
With a choking voice, the old abbot replies... The word was...
院長的額頭上傷痕累累流滿鮮血，他正失控地哭著。年輕修士問老院
長，「怎麼了，神父？」
院長以哽咽的聲音回答... 這個關鍵字是...

6. "CELEBRATE !!!"
「CELEBRATE!!! (慶祝) 呀！而不是 CELIBATE
(獨身主義) 呀！」
[Note 註]
This article is derived from the following website, Chinese translation by
changcy0326.
原文取材自「Monastery Life」
，網頁如下，中文由老編西歪翻譯。
http://tgifjoke.com/monasterylife.html