"My family is just like a nation," Mr. Brown told his colleague. "My
wife is the minister of finance, my mother-in-law is the minister of war,
and my daughter is foreign secretary."
　　"Sounds interesting, " his colleague replied. "And what is your
position?"
　　"I’m the people. All I do is pay."
布朗先生告訴同事說：“我的家簡直就象一個國家一樣。我妻子
　　是財政部長。我岳母是作戰(zhàn)部長，我女兒是外交秘書。”
　　“聽上去挺有意思的，”他的同事說，“那你的職務是什么呢？”
　　“我就是老百姓。我要做的一切就是付錢�！�