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周末一笑：退後兩英裏（轉載）

(2014-06-28 05:59:36) 下一個

1．Back up Two Miles退後兩英裏

A farmer and his son, traveling by horse and buggy up a narrow lane, met a motorist going the other way. There was no room to pass for two miles in either direction. The motorist, in hurry, honked his horn.

"If you don't back up," said the farmer, rolling up his sleeves, I won't like what I'm going to have to do." The surprised driver put his car in reverse and backed up two miles, allowing the horse and buggy to go by. "What was it you wouldn't have liked to have done back there?" asked the farmer's son.

"Back up two miles," replied the farmer.

一位農夫和他的兒子乘坐輕便馬車來到一段窄路，他們遇到一個開車的人向相反的方向去。兩個方向的兩英裏以內都沒有地方可以使他們相擦而過。駕車人甚是著急，按響了喇叭。“如果你不後退，”農夫說著擼起了袖子，“我可不喜歡我將不得不做的事。”司機吃驚不小，掛上倒擋，向後退了兩英裏，讓輕便馬車先過去。

“剛才在那兒你說過的你不喜歡要做的事是什麽？”農夫的兒子問道。

“退後兩英裏，”農夫回答道。

2. Which one is useful? 哪個更有用？

Two boys are talking about the sun and the moon. "Which one of them is more useful?" asked one of them.

兩個男孩在談論太陽和月亮。“它們中哪個更有用？”其中一個問道。

"Of course the moon is. The moon is in the sky when it's dark, but the sun is in the sky in the daytime when nobody needs it."

“當然是月亮。月亮在天黑時掛在天空，但太陽是在白天誰也不需要它時掛在天空。”

3. An honest boy 誠實的小男孩

A lady lost her handbag in the bustle of Christmas shopping. It was found by an honest boy and returned to her.

一位女士聖誕節購物時丟了錢包。一個誠實的小男孩撿到了錢包，還給了她。

Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm...that's funny. When I lost my purse there was a $20 bill in it. Now there are twenty $1 bills."

她看了看錢包，說：“嗯……真有趣。我丟錢包時，裏麵有一張20元的鈔票。現在卻有20張一元的鈔票。”

The boy quickly replied, "That's right, lady. The last time I found a lady's purse, she didn't have any change for a reward."

那個男孩馬上回答說：“沒錯，太太。上次我撿到一位女士的錢包，她沒有零錢酬謝。”

4. Put an apple back 放回蘋果

The orchard-keeper spotted a little boy sneak into the orchard and climb an apple tree, so he raced over. "Little devil, what are you doing up on my tree?"

護園人發現一個小男孩偷偷鑽進果園，爬上了一棵蘋果樹，就迅速走了過去。“小家夥，你在我的樹上做什麽？”

"Look here, sir, an apple fell off your tree, so I'm trying to put it up again!" the boy replied holding the apple in his hand.

“看這裏，先生，一個蘋果從您的樹上掉了下來，所以我想把它重新掛上去！”小男孩舉著手裏的蘋果回答說。

5．A Good Boy好孩子

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.

"What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"

"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.

"You’re a good boy," said the mother proudly.

"Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"

"She is the one who sells the candy."

小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。

“昨天給你的錢幹什麽了？”

“我給了一個可憐的老太婆，”他回答說。

”你真是個好孩子，“媽媽驕傲地說。“再給你兩分錢。可你為什麽對那位老太太那麽感興趣呢？”

“她是個賣糖果的。”

6．Whose father was the stronger 誰的爸爸是最強壯的

Will and Bill were quarrelling about whose father was the stronger. Will said," Well, you know the Pacific Ocean? My father's the one who dug the hole for it."

維爾和比爾為誰的爸爸更強壯而爭吵不休。維爾說：“你知道太平洋嗎？那個坑是我爸爸挖的。”

Bill wasn't impressed, "Well, that's nothing. You know the Dead Sea? My father's the one who killed it!"

比爾不屑地說：“那沒什麽。你知道死海嗎？那是我爸爸打死的。”

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