A
Peter: Why are they running, Rose?
Rose: The boy who comes first will get a prize.
Peter: Now I see. But why is the second boy running?
Rose: I don’t know.
彼得:露斯,他們?yōu)槭裁磁埽?/p>
露斯:跑在最前面的男孩能得獎(jiǎng)。
彼得:我明白了。但為什么第二個(gè)還跑呢?
露斯:我不知道。
B
Son: Dad, is ink expensive?
Father: No, why do you think it is expensive?
Son: Because I put some ink on the blanket carelessly, Mum got very angry.
兒子:爸爸,墨水很貴嗎?
父親:不,你為什么認(rèn)為墨水貴呢?
兒子:因?yàn)槲也恍⌒陌岩恍┠降靥荷?,媽媽很生氣?/p>
C
Father: My boy, why are you unable to get to sleep?
Son: Dad, I had a long sleep in class today.
父親:孩子,你為什么睡不著呢?
兒子:爸爸,我今天在課堂上睡了很久。
D
Jim: Is English difficult to learn, sir?
Mr Brook: Oh, Jim, at the beginning it is, but after that it becomes easy.
Jim: That’s great! I’ll learn the latter half.
吉姆:英語難學(xué)嗎,先生?
布魯克先生:噢,吉姆,開頭是難,可后來就變得容易了。
吉姆:太好了!那我就學(xué)后半部分吧。