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Teacher: Tom and John! Why are you late for school today?
老師: 湯姆!約翰!你倆今天為什么遲到?
Tom: Madam, I lost a one-dollar coin and was searching for it.
湯姆: 老師,我掉了一美元硬幣,我在找它。
Teacher: John, what about you?
老師: 那么你呢,約翰?
John: Madam, I was not able to move beacause I was hiding that coin under my feet.
約翰: 老師,我不能動啊,因為我把他的硬幣藏在腳底下了。 Tom: Great news, teacher says we have a test today, come rain or shine.
湯姆: 好消息,老師說今天無論下雨還是天晴我們都要考試。
John: So what's great about that?
約翰: 那有什么好高興的?
Tom: It's snowing outside!
湯姆: 因為現(xiàn)在外面在下雪!
(◎come rain or shine是指“不管發(fā)生什么情況”,相當于我們所說的“風雨無阻”。而湯姆以為是指下雨和天晴兩種情況下才需要考試。)
Teacher: Did your father help you with your homework?
老師: 你父親有沒有跟你一起做作業(yè)?
Student: No, he did it all by himself.
學生: 沒有,他是獨立完成的。