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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.

汤姆：约翰，你的弟弟怎么样？

约翰：他生病在床上呢。他伤着了自己。

汤姆：太糟糕了，事情是怎么发生的？

约翰：我们打赌看谁探出窗口探的远，结果他赢了。

（B）

Who Should be Given the Present

A father of five children came home with a toy, summoned(召唤) 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(异口同声的) of voices: “You play with it, Daddy!”

礼物该给谁？

一位有五个孩子的父亲带着一件玩具回到家里，把孩子们召集起来问这件礼物该给谁。

“谁最听话，从不和妈妈顶嘴，让干什么就干什么？”他问道。

大家都不吭声。过了一会儿，孩子们异口同声地说：“爸爸，您玩吧。”

（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?”

能让我们的老师回去吗？

有一次，一位督学去视察一个只有三间教室的学校。一间教室非常吵闹，因此督学抓住其中一个正在站着说话的人，把他带进另一间教室，并让他站在墙角。五分钟以后，一个小男孩从第一间教室走进来，问道：“您什么时候能让我们的老师回去呢？”

（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!

三条理由

老师：斯通，说出三条理由来证实地球是圆的。

斯通：妈妈是这么说的，爸爸是这么说的，你也是这么说的！

(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!”

一位父亲责备小孩说：“你怎么可以踢弟弟的肚子！”小孩回嘴说：“爸爸，那是他的错！谁叫他要转过身来，我本来是要踢他屁股的！”

(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.

谁的50美分?

杰克：我在学校门前的人行道上捡了50美分。

汤米：我想那是我的。今天我在那儿掉了50美分，找不到了。

杰克：但是我捡的是两个两毛五的呀。

汤米：那就更是我的了。因为钱在掉到地上的时候可能摔成两半了。