人们为了看免费的演出什么都愿意做——即使是糟糕的演出也无所谓。
People will do anything to see a free show--even if it is a bad one.
当消息传开，说P.和U.鸟食公司将在我们当地的电影院举办一场喜剧演出，我们都争先恐后地跑去看。
When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it.
我们不得不排了好几个小时的队才进去，演出开始前一定有几百人在场。
We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
不幸的是，这场演出是我们有生以来看过的最枯燥的演出之一。
Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.
那些没能进去的人本不必感到失望，因为原本应该出场的许多表演艺术家根本就没来。
Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come.
那天晚上我们听到的唯一好笑的东西，来自节目开始时的那位广告商。
The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme.
他显然非常紧张，有几分钟的时间笨拙地站在麦克风前。
He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone.
他一开口，所有人都突然爆笑起来。
As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing.
我们都知道那个可怜的人本该说什么，但他实际上说的是："这里是噗和伊鸟食公司。女士们晚上好，先生们！"
We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was: 'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!'