文/康鶴彪
同學(xué)們,你看到“The dumbest kid in the world”這個(gè)標(biāo)題時(shí),想到了什么?閱讀下面的英語小短文,看看到底是誰最傻。
A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer,“This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.”
The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks,“Which do you want, son?”The boy takes the quarters and leaves.
“What did I tell you?”said the barber.“That kid never learns!”
Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store.
“Hey,son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?”
The boy licked his cone①and replied,“Be?cause the day I take the dollar, the game is over!”
Notes:
①cone n.圓錐體,圓錐形東西,球果
參考例句:
1.Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.(鋸屑堆積如山。)
2.The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.(警察用錐形路標(biāo)把部分路面分隔開來。)
同學(xué)們,如果你不能完全明白,不要緊,對(duì)照中文翻譯,再看一看吧!
一個(gè)小男孩走進(jìn)一家理發(fā)店,這時(shí),理發(fā)師悄悄對(duì)顧客說:“這是天底下最傻的孩子,我來證明給你看?!?/p>
理發(fā)師在一只手上放了一美元,另一只手上放了兩個(gè)25 美分的硬幣,然后把男孩叫過來,問道:“孩子,你想要哪個(gè)?”男孩拿走了兩個(gè)25美分的硬幣,然后離開了。
理發(fā)師說道:“瞧我剛剛給你說了啥?這孩子從不會(huì)吸取教訓(xùn)。”
過了一會(huì),顧客離開的時(shí)候,他看到那個(gè)男孩從冰淇淋店走了出來。“哎,孩子,我能問你個(gè)問題嗎?你為什么拿走美分硬幣而不是美元?”
男孩舔了舔冰淇淋,然后答道:“因?yàn)榈任夷米吡嗣涝?,這個(gè)游戲就結(jié)束了。”
怎么樣?看完文章,知道誰最傻了吧!