If my wife takes a second job and leaves the kids in day care, we should be able to get the loan for a two storey place.
如果我的妻子做两份工,把孩子送去全托,我们就可以贷款买一栋两层的房子了。
In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke witch would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
同样的道理,一则可以令英国人笑出泪来的笑话,俄国人听了可能觉得没有什么可笑之处。