1.Betty: “Black hens are cleverer than white ones, arent they?”
Larry:“How do you know?”
Betty:“Well, the black hens can lay white eggs, but the white hens cant lay black ones.
貝蒂:“黑母雞比白母雞聰明,對嗎?”
拉里:“你怎么知道?”
貝蒂:“嗯,黑母雞能下白蛋,可白母雞不能下黑蛋?!?/p>
2.Jack:“I wish Id lived in the old times.”
Leo:“Why?”
Jack:“Because there wouldnt be so much history to learn.”
杰克:“我要是生活在古代就好了。”
利奧:“為什么?”
杰克:“因?yàn)槟蔷筒粫羞@么多歷史要學(xué)了。”
3.Jennys papa bought her a pair of new trousers, but it couldnt be worn as it shrank in the wash. Her mother got angry.
But Jenny said, “ Mama, I can wear it if you have me a bath.”
詹妮的爸爸給她新買了一條褲子,但剛一下水就縮得不能穿了。她的媽媽非常生氣。
詹妮卻說:“媽媽,你給我洗個(gè)澡,我就能穿了?!?/p>
4.The librarian went over to a small, noisy boy. “Please be quiet!” she warned. “The people around you cant read!”
“They cant?” the boy asked curiously. “Then what are they doing here?”
圖書管理員走到一個(gè)喧鬧的小男孩身邊,警告說:“請安靜!你周圍的人都不能讀書了!”
“不能讀書?”小男孩好奇地問道,“那他們在這里干什么?”