【美】Marshall's Talent Education, LLC. 龔珍妮 編譯

1. You have no more wishes!你再也沒(méi)有希望了！

A youngkid foundan old lamp.As alwaysthe lamp wasrubbedand agenieappeared granting3wishes.

Genie: I will grant you 3 wishes!

Kid: I wish Maths didn’texist.

Genie: DONE! You haveno morewishes!

一個(gè)小孩發(fā)現(xiàn)了一盞舊燈。照例，燈被擦了又擦，這時(shí)一個(gè)精靈出現(xiàn)了，滿(mǎn)足那個(gè)小孩三個(gè)愿望。

精靈：我會(huì)滿(mǎn)足你三個(gè)愿望！

孩子：我希望數(shù)學(xué)不存在。

精靈：好了！你再也沒(méi)有愿望了！

Notes:

kidn.小孩

foundv.（find的過(guò)去式）發(fā)現(xiàn)

as always 像往常一樣

rubv. 擦拭

genien.精靈

appearv.出現(xiàn)

grantv.準(zhǔn)許

wishn.希望；愿望

existv.存在

no more 不再

3. The sun is closer to us太陽(yáng)距離我們更近

Johnny is aCanadianboy. He is in Grade 5. His English is good. His Maths is good. HisHistoryis good. But he is poor inGeography.

One day, Johnny and his classmates are having a Geography class. The teacher asks them a question, “Which one iscloser tous, the sun orAfrica?”

Johnnyraiseshis hand and says, “Of course, the sun.”

The teacher can notbelievehis answer. He asks Johnny, “Are you sure?”

Johnny says, “Sure!”

Then the teacher asks him, “Why?”

Johnny says, “You know, sir. We can see the sun every day, but we can’t see Africa.”

約翰尼是一個(gè)加拿大男孩。他讀五年級(jí)。他的英語(yǔ)很好，數(shù)學(xué)很好，歷史很好。但是，他的地理很差。

一天，約翰尼和他的同學(xué)正在上地理課。老師問(wèn)他們一個(gè)問(wèn)題：“太陽(yáng)和非洲哪一個(gè)距離我們更近？”

“當(dāng)然太陽(yáng)了?！奔s翰尼說(shuō)。

老師不敢相信他的答案。他問(wèn)約翰尼：“你確定嗎？”

約翰尼說(shuō)：“當(dāng)然！”

然后，老師問(wèn)他：“為什么？”

約翰尼說(shuō)道：“你知道的，老師。我們每天都能看到太陽(yáng)，卻看不到非洲?！?/p>