康鶴彪
同學(xué)們,你看到“The dumbest kid in the world”這個標(biāo)題時,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 cone① and replied, “Because 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,對照中文翻譯,再看一看吧!
天底下最傻的孩子
一個小男孩走進(jìn)一家理發(fā)店,這時,理發(fā)師悄悄對顧客說:“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25美分的硬幣,然后把男孩叫過來,問道:“孩子,你想要哪個?”男孩拿走了兩個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?這孩子從不會吸取教訓(xùn)?!?/p>
過了一會,顧客離開的時候,他看到那個男孩從冰淇淋店走了出來?!鞍?,孩子,我能問你個問題嗎?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?,這個游戲就結(jié)束了?!?/p>
怎么樣?看完文章,知道誰最傻了吧!
(作者單位:江蘇省泰州市姜堰區(qū)第四中學(xué))