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Unusual Echoes
Once Mark Twain and two friends were sitting in a restau-rant.One friend had just returned from a trip to Vermont.The friend said that the air in the mountains of Vermont was veryclear.In many places the echo of a voice came back five times stronger than the original voice.The second friend said that was nothing.In Colorado，where he lived，in many places the echo of a voice spoken in the morning came back in the afternoon.
Mark Twain laughed.Then he said，Listen！The echoes which you have told about are very unusual.But in a small church in Missouri，where I was born，there is an echo more unusual than those.
“What is so strange about the echo there？”asked one of them.
“Well，I will tell you，”said Mark Twain.“The echo in that church is so unusual that if one asks in a loud voice：Good Morning！How are you？The echo repeats very clearly after amoment：Very well，thank you.And how are you？”
不同寻常的回音
有一次，马克·吐温和两个朋友在饭馆里坐着。一个朋友刚从佛蒙特旅行回来。这位朋友说佛蒙特的大山里空气非常清新。在许多地方，一个声音的回音要比原来的声音强五倍。第二位朋友说那没有什么。在他居住的科罗拉多的许多地方，一个早上说话的声音的回音要到下午才能返回。
马克·吐温大笑起来。然后他说：“你们说的那些回音非常不同寻常。但是在我出生的密苏里的一个小教堂里，有一个回音比你们说的那些回音更不同寻常。”
“那里的那个回音有什么不同寻常的？”一个问。
“好吧，我来告诉你们，”马克·吐温说。“那个教堂里的回音真的非常不同寻常，如果一个人大声问：早上好！你好吗？过一回儿，回音会清楚地回答：非常好，谢谢。你好吗？”
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