One afternoon, I had tea with a storekeeper at the Al Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, and he said to me, "You Americans, you can put a man on the moon, but when I get home tonight, I won't be able to turn on my lights."
一天下午，我在巴格达的拉希德宾馆 与一位仓管员喝茶， 他对我说：“你们这些美国人， 可以把人送上月球， 但是当我今晚回家的时候， 我甚至连电灯都无法点亮。”