A man had to go to court ， and he asked his lawyer which judge would be hearing his case 。 His lawyer told him and then said ， ‘Do you know him ？

翻譯：有個人遇到了官司，他就向他的律師打聽，哪位法官將審理他的案子。律師告訴他以後說：“你認識 這位法官嗎？”

The man answered ， ‘No ， but I want to know his name so that I could send him a dozen bottles of good wine 。 ’

翻譯：這個人回答說：“不認識，但我想打聽他的名字，好送給他一打好酒。”

The laywer was terribly shocked 。 ‘You can’t do that ，‘ he said 。 ’You would breaking the law very seriously ， and you would be sure to lose the case 。‘

翻譯：律師大吃一驚。“你不能這麼幹，”律師說：“你這是嚴重違法的，你這是在行賄，你會輸掉這場官司的。”

Some weeks later the case was heard ， and the man won it 。 As he was leaving the court ， he said to his lawyer ， ’My prensent to the judge was quite successful ， wasn‘t it ？’

翻譯：幾個星期後，案子審理了，這個人的官司贏了。當他剛要離開法庭時，他對他的律師說：“我送給法官的禮物真管用，不是嗎？”

The lawyer was even more shocked than before ， and said ， ‘What ？ Did you really send him that wine after what I told you ？’

翻譯這次律師更加吃驚了，而且說：“什麼？你真的在我告訴你厲害後還是送酒給法官了？”

‘Yes ， certainly ， answered the man 。 ’But I put my opponent‘s name on the card which I sent with the wine 。’

翻譯：“對，的確如此，”這個人回答說：“但是我在送酒時附上的卡片上寫的是我的對手的姓名。”