Quick Man Tan
　　Everybody called him ‘Quick Man Tan’ when he was a young man. That was a long time ago. Now people called him by his real name – Caleb Tan.
　　Caleb liked to talk about the old days. He talked to anybody who was interested. He told them that when he was younger he could catch a fly in his hand.
　　That was how quick he was. Sometimes tourists came to his café for coffee or maybe some chicken with rice. When they had a meal was best. Then Caleb had more time to tell them how quick he once was. ‘I was the best,’ he told them. And, just to show them, he moved his hands in the air. He moved like the fighters in kung fu films.
　　‘Nobody could fight like me,’ he always said. ‘I was the best in Singapore.’ But he wasn’t very quick now. He still knew what to do, but he was slower.
　　他是個(gè)年輕小伙子的時(shí)候，大家都叫他“快手譚”。那是很久以前了�，F(xiàn)在，人們叫他的真名——凱萊布·譚。
　　凱萊布喜歡聊過去的事。誰感興趣，他就和誰聊。他說他年輕時(shí)能用手抓住蒼蠅。
　　他就是那么敏捷。有時(shí)游客來他的小餐館喝咖啡或要份雞肉飯，要是點(diǎn)正餐就最好了。這樣凱萊布就有更多時(shí)間給人們講自己曾經(jīng)是多么敏　捷�！拔易畎簦�”他跟大家說。為了向大家展示，他就在空中揮舞雙手，就像“功夫”電影里的打斗士一樣。
　　“沒人能像我那樣打，”他總是說，“我曾是新加坡最厲害的�！辈贿^現(xiàn)在他已經(jīng)不十分敏捷了。盡管他仍然知道怎么做，但他動作慢了。