你停止打你妻子了吗？

Have You Ceased Beating Your Wife？

A story is told of a browbeating counsel，who habituallyendeavoured to terrorize his opponent's witnesses．
One witness rather tended to preface his replies withlengthy explanations．
"I want‘yes’or‘no，’" thundered counsel．"There is noneed for you to argue the point！"
"But there are some questions which cannot be answeredby‘yes’or‘no，’" mildly responded the witness．
"There are not！" unwisely snapped the lawyer．
"Oh，"  said the witness，"answer this then：Have youceased beating your wife？"

你停止打你妻子了吗？

这个故事讲的是一个咄咄逼人的辩护律师，他惯于设法 恐吓对方的证人。
有一个证人稍微倾向于在回答问题之前先做冗长的解 释。
“我要你回答‘是’或者‘不是’，”辩护律师怒喝道：
“你没有必要就这个问题进行辩论。”
“可是有些问题无法用‘是’或者‘不是’来回答。”这位证人温和地回敬他。
“不存在这样的问题！”律师愚蠢地厉声说。
“噢，”证人说：“那么回答这个问题：你停止打你妻子了吗？”