I recently had a chance on a luxury cruise ship tour.
最近我有一次机会登上一艘豪华游轮观光。
Once, I took two cocktails in the bar room to enjoy the way to meet a lady, she looked at me, smiled and said: "You have matches?" I am one Leng, said: "I'm sorry, I'm fifteen years before you quit smoking, so there is no match." she immediately knowing that I misunderstood her meaning, it seems to be a bit sorry to say: "It" s a joke. "then we are embarrassed smiled and walked away.
一次, 我在酒吧台拿了两杯鸡尾酒回房间享受，途中遇到一位女士，她看看我后笑着说：“You have matches？”我一愣，回答说：“很抱歉，我十五年前就戒烟了，所以没有火柴。”她立刻会意到我误解了她的意思，好像是有点抱歉的说：“It’s a joke.” 然后，我们就相互尴尬的笑了笑，走开了。
After chatting with friends at dinner time, I took the opportunity to a American friends that day, he explained:" because she saw you hands are occupied, deliberately joking with you to match, this is a very ordinary joke, not malicious, but to ask if you need help "
事后和朋友在吃晚饭的时候聊天，我趁机向一个美国朋友请教白天的那句话，他解释说：“因为她看你两手都占着，就故意开玩笑跟你要火柴，这是个非常普通的笑话，非但没有恶意，反而是想问你需不需要帮忙。”
