4. Churchill’s Honest Comeback 丘吉尔最诚实的反驳
Winston Churchill makes this list again. In his early career, he was at a meeting and another member was giving a long-winded speech. Churchill began to close his eyes and fall asleep. At the sight of this, the member became visibly angry and shouted: “Mr. Churchill, must you fall asleep while I’m speaking?” Instead of making attempts at an apology or a cover-up, Churchill simply replied:
温斯顿·丘吉尔再次出现在我们的榜单中。在他的早期职业生涯中，有次他出席会议，有人发表一篇冗长啰嗦的演讲。丘吉尔就闭上眼睛睡着了。演讲者看到这一幕肯定很生气，就喊道：“丘吉尔先生，你非要在我讲话的时候睡着吗？”丘吉尔没有试图道歉或掩饰一下，他只是简单地回答道：
“No, it’s purely voluntary.”
“不，这完全是无意识的。”