1. The Perfect Son
A: I have the perfect son. 我有一个很完美的儿子。
B: Does he smoke? 他抽烟吗?
A: No, he doesn't. 不抽。
B: Does he drink whiskey? 他喝威士忌酒吗?
A: No, he doesn't. 不喝。
B: Does he ever come home late? 他会不会很晚回家?
A: No, he doesn't. 不会。
B: I guess you really do have the perfect son. How old is he? 我想你确实有一个完美儿子。那他多大了?
A: He will be six months old next Wednesday. 下个星期三就满6个月了。
2. I'm Trying to Stop It
"Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?"
"No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me went in one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it."
“孩子,你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵?它感染了吗?”
“没有,老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知识都是一个耳朵里进,一个耳朵里出,所以我要把它堵在里面。”
3. Sorry
“I'm sorry ,Madam,but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth .”
“Twenty d ollars!Why ,I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!”
“Yes ,but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .”
“对不起,夫人,为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”
“20美元!为什么?不是说好只要4美元。”
“是的,但是你的孩子大喊大叫,把另外四个病人吓跑了。”
4.Second language
A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice.
Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.
Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?"
一只母老鼠带着孩子出来散步,突然她看见一只猫正在灌木丛中虎视耽耽。
母老鼠向着猫叫道:“汪,汪,汪”,猫听了非常害怕,拼命跑走了。
母老鼠回过头洋洋自得地对孩子说:“现在你知道外语的重要性了吧?”