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（A）

Tom: Hows your little brother, John?

John: Hes ill in bed. He hurt himself.

Tom: Thats too bad. How did it happen?

John: We betted who could lean further out of the window, and he won.

湯姆：約翰，你的弟弟怎么樣？

約翰：他生病在床上呢。他傷著了自己。

湯姆：太糟糕了，事情是怎么發(fā)生的？

約翰：我們打賭看誰探出窗口探的遠，結果他贏了。

（B）

Who Should be Given the Present

A father of five children came home with a toy, summoned(召喚) his children and asked which one of them should be given the present.

“Who is the most obedient, never talks back to Mother and does everything she tells?” he asked.

There was silence, and then a chorus(異口同聲的) of voices: “You play with it, Daddy!”

禮物該給誰？

一位有五個孩子的父親帶著一件玩具回到家里，把孩子們召集起來問這件禮物該給誰。

“誰最聽話，從不和媽媽頂嘴，讓干什么就干什么？”他問道。

大家都不吭聲。過了一會兒，孩子們異口同聲地說：“爸爸，您玩吧?！?/p>

（C）

Can We Have Our Teacher Back?

Once a superintendent of schools was visiting a three-room school. One room was very noisy, so the man grabbed a tall boy who had been standing up talking. He took the boy into another room and made him stand in the corner. Five minutes later, a small boy came out of the first room and said, “When can we have our teacher back?”

能讓我們的老師回去嗎？

有一次，一位督學去視察一個只有三間教室的學校。一間教室非常吵鬧，因此督學抓住其中一個正在站著說話的人，把他帶進另一間教室，并讓他站在墻角。五分鐘以后，一個小男孩從第一間教室走進來，問道：“您什么時候能讓我們的老師回去呢？”

（D）

Three Reasons

Teacher: Stone, give me three reasons why you know the earth to be round.

Stone: Ma says so, Pa says so, and you say so!

三條理由

老師：斯通，說出三條理由來證實地球是圓的。

斯通：媽媽是這么說的，爸爸是這么說的，你也是這么說的！

(E)

A father who was remonstrating his kid said, “How dare you kick your little brother in the stomach!” And the son said, “Its his fault, Father! Who told him to turn around? I was just going to kick his bottoms!”

一位父親責備小孩說：“你怎么可以踢弟弟的肚子！”小孩回嘴說：“爸爸，那是他的錯！誰叫他要轉過身來，我本來是要踢他屁股的！”

(F)

Whose Fifty Cents?

Jack: I found 50 cents on the sidewalk in front of school.

Tommy: I think its mine. I dropped 50 cents there today and couldnt find it.

Jack: But what I found was two quarters.

Tommy: Then Im sure its mine. It probably broke when it hit the sidewalk.

誰的50美分?

杰克：我在學校門前的人行道上撿了50美分。

湯米：我想那是我的。今天我在那兒掉了50美分，找不到了。

杰克：但是我撿的是兩個兩毛五的呀。

湯米：那就更是我的了。因為錢在掉到地上的時候可能摔成兩半了。