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(yǔ)小短文，看看到底是誰(shuí)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(lái)。）

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！

天底下最傻的孩子

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(shuō)：“這是天底下最傻的孩子，我來(lái)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(lái)，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(shuō)道：“瞧我剛剛給你說(shuō)了啥？這孩子從不會(huì)吸取教訓(xùn)?！?/p>

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(lái)?！鞍?，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@個(gè)游戲就結(jié)束了。”

怎么樣？看完文章，知道誰(shuí)最傻了吧！