这是一个关于吉米·杜兰蒂的故事。早一两代的人都知道,他是那时当红的艺人。一次,有人邀请他加演一场给二战老兵的晚会。他告诉那人,他的日程安排得很满,他只能抽出几分钟的时间来表演一段独角戏,接着他就得离场赶赴其他的约会,如果他们能够接受的话,他就去表演。当然,晚会的导演欣然答应了。吉米在表演的时候,意想不到的事情发生了。时间早就过了他说的几分钟,可是他还站在台上继续表演,场下观众的掌声越来越热烈。15分钟过去了,20分钟过去了,30分钟又过去了,吉米还在表演。终于,吉米最后鞠了一躬,离开了舞台。在后台,有人问他:“不是只表演几分钟吗?发生了什么事?”吉米说:“是啊,我本该早走的,可是你自己去看看前排的观众,你就知道为什么了。”原来,前排坐着两个男人,他们在战争中都失去了一只手臂。一个失去了右臂,另一个失去了左臂。可是,他们合力鼓着掌,大声地鼓着掌,高兴地鼓着掌。 This is a story about Jimmy Duranty. People a generation or two know that he was a popular artist at that time. At one time, someone invited him to play a party for World War II veterans. He told him that his schedule was full, he could only take a few minutes to perform a one-man show, and then he had to leave for other appointments, and if they could, he went to the show. Of course, the director of the party gladly agreed. When Jimmy performed, unexpected things happened. Time passed before he said a few minutes, but he still stood on the stage to continue performing under the field audience applause more and more enthusiastic. 15 minutes passed, 20 minutes passed, 30 minutes passed, Jimmy is still performing. Finally, Jimmy finally bowed and left the stage. In the background, someone asked him: “Is not it just performing for a few minutes? What happened?” Jimmy said: “Yeah, I should have gone early, but you go see the audience in front of you You know why. ”It turned out that two men sat in the front row, and they both lost one arm in the war. One lost his right arm and the other lost his left arm. However, they clap their hands together, clap their hands together and cheerfully.