Once,lateatnight,anEnglishmancameoutofhisroomintothecorridor（走廊）ofahotelandaskedtheservanttobringhimaglassofwater.Theservantdidashewasasked.TheEnglishmanre-enteredhisroom,butafewminuteslaterhecameintothecorridoragainandoncemoreaskedtheservantforaglassofwater.Theservantbroughthimanotherglassofwater.EveryfewminutestheEnglishmenwouldcomeoutofhisroomandrepeathisrequest.Afterahalf-hourtheastonishedservantdecidedtoasktheEnglishmanwhathewasdoingwiththewater.Nothing,theEnglishmanansweredimperturbably（平静地）,It’ssimplythatmyroomisonfire.一天晚上，一个英国人从他住的旅店房间里走出来。来到走廊上，叫旅店的服务员给他拿一杯水来。服务员按他的要求做了。英国人回到了他的房间里，几分钟后他又来到走廊上让服务员再给他送一杯水。服务员又给他送了一杯水。每隔几分钟。英国人就走出房间重复他的要求。半小时之后．这位感到惊讶的服务员决定问问房客要这些水干什么，英国人不谎不忙地回答：没什么．只不过是我的房间里起火了
