The equipment arrived. The five British engineers also arrived in our company. My boss deputized me as engineer Steven‘s assistant. I had spoken some simple sentences in English but a lot of time we had to converse with pen and paper.

One day, engineer Steven was installing equipment, he reached out below the machine and asked me: “File, please.” “File?” I thought quickly again, “Does he want to get the document? Folder? No… …What is he say? “

Steven came out under the machine, he shouted to his companions loudly : “F-i-l-e-!!!” Then his colleague came running up from the other side of workshop approximately 100 meters and handed the file to Steven.

“ You know, this is the file!“ Steven spoke to me angrily. Oh my god, the file was tool！We were surrounded by young workers who couldn’t help laughing. At that time, I wished I would become a rabbit and entered into the hole. From then on the word “File” is unforgettable to me.

　　设备到了，五位英国工程师也到了。我的领导委派我给工程师史蒂文当助手。那时我已经能说一点简单的英语句子了，但大多数时间我们还是只能用纸和笔帮助交谈。

　　有一天，史蒂文正在安装设备，他从机器下面伸出手来对我说：“File”。“File？”我快速地思索着，“File的意思是档案，卷宗？文件夹？... ... 不会吧，他到底要什么呢？”

　　史蒂文从机器底下钻出来，对着车间那头他的同伴大声喊道：“Ｆ-i-l-e ！！！”他的同事从100米开外的车间另一端向他跑过来，把“File”递给他。

　　＂你看到没？这就是File！＂史蒂文怒气冲冲地对我说。我的天！原来“File”不是档案也不是卷宗，它是一把锉刀！一大帮年轻工人围了上来，大家哄堂大笑。当时我恨不得变成一只兔子逃到地洞里去。从那时起，这个单词“File”我永远也忘不掉了。

　　［备注］“file”通常的意思为档案、卷宗等，但在专业词汇中意为“锉刀”。