〔R118〕 I begin with “e,” but I'm more than vitamin E, and I don't belong to the e-generation like ye.  Still, you may think of me when you want to prolong your life perpetually.  And you may say, “Come, ye lick, sir!” when actually you want to lick me yourself and you do not mean to share me with him or her.

〔譯註〕 我以 “e” 開始，但是我超過維他命E，而且我不屬於e世代就像你。照樣的，你會想到我，當你要永遠地延長你的生命時。而且你會說 「來，你舐吧，先生！」當時事實上你要自己舐我，而不打算跟他或她來分享我。

                  註： e-generation: 電子的 (electronic) 世代；大家都普遍在使用電子產
                               品 (如電腦) 的時代。

                                 prolong perpetually: 永遠地延長。 ye: 為  you 之古字。
       
       

〔提問〕 If I am a hypothetical (假定的) substance (物質) to prolong life, or a supposed remedy (救藥) for all ailments (病痛), sought for by medieval (中世紀的) alchemists (煉丹家), what am I then?

 〔謎底〕  e_____