I don't suppose I am vain. When you're a short fat old man with a bald head, there's not a lot to get vain about.

我从不渴望虚荣。当你是一个秃顶了的又矮又肥的老头的时候，已经没有什么可以去猎取虚荣了。

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But the other end wanted to know what I looked like. When the manager told me that I said to him, "Tell him I am a short fat man with dark hair and a bushy beard!"

但是那边的总经理还想知道我长得什么样，于是我跟那个经理说“告诉他我是黑头发，有黝黑浓密的胡子的胖矮子！”

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I am not a fat man.

我是胖人，不是粗人。

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And he said,to his credit, "no,without my principles I am just"-- as he put it rather indelicately and cruelly about himself-- "a fat man with a big limp."

令人钦佩的是,他说,"不,如果不守我的原则我就是"--,好像他本来不是那么粗野,那么残酷一样--,"一个大胖瘸子"

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