有一次,林语堂到一所大学参观。参观之后,校长陪同他到大餐厅和同学们共进午餐,校长深感机会难逢,临时请他对学生讲几句话。林语堂十分为难却又推无可推,于是即景生情地讲了一个笑话。他说:“罗马时代,皇帝残害人民,时常把人投到斗兽场中,活生生地被野兽吃 Once, Lin Yutang visited a university. After the visit, the principal accompanied him to the restaurant and the students for lunch, the president felt a chance, temporarily asked him to speak a few words to the students. Lin Yu-tang is very embarrassing but push no push, so that King Jingsheng telling a joke. He said: ”In the Roman era, when the emperor ruined the people, they often cast people into the Colosseum and were living beasts to eat