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A thirteen-year-old boy was sitting on the sofa watching TV when the phone rang.
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「Hello, my son.」 it was his father』s voice, 「where is your mother?」
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1 m" @0 N+ `# K- j/ m 「Mother is working in the garden.」
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) ?2 z6 P& G6 s5 B 「What?」 barked the father, 「Your mother is not as young and strong as she used to be. Why aren』t you helping her?」
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「I can』t.」 was the reply. 「Grandma is using the other hoe.」 ' ~; f" T% y9 z+ U* @- T
( e2 e, N- O8 a0 a 一個13歲的男孩正坐在沙發上看電視,這時電話響了。
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: v1 I( A2 c( ^: F _2 w 「喂,兒子。」是父親打來的。「你媽呢?」
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$ q2 p+ u, \5 M 「媽媽在院子裡幹活呢!」 : ?4 X- L2 \# M3 j
% x' A8 G8 h- _' ~3 }0 A9 g8 w5 ` 「什麼?」父親吼道。「你媽已經不如從前那麼強壯了。你這時怎麼不在幫她?」 ; B: y* C" i7 G
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「不行啊!」兒子答道。「另一把鋤頭奶奶正在用呢!」 S: b! `' ^# Z) Q' C2 ]2 D
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$ D; V$ i+ k4 ^! r When my sister-in-low Leach was expecting her second child, her sonBrain would sometimes touch his mother』s tummy to feel the baby move.
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One day, while touching her stomach and not feel anything, he asked, 「How come the baby isn』t moving?」 2 v9 e8 i. v; R e9 V9 v+ z6 d2 p
: g/ A* [ h; c/ p 「The baby is sleeping.」 replied his mother.
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Brain thought a moment and then said, 「You mean you got a crib in there too?」
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我丈夫的妹妹Leah懷著第二個孩子時,他的兒子Brain會時不時摸著她的肚子感覺嬰兒的移動。
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有一天,當Brain撫摸著媽大人您好肚子感覺不到什麼時,問道:「為什麼BB不動的?」
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「它在睡覺呢!」他媽媽答道。
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Why is he crying? 他為什麼哭泣?
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「Tom, what』s the matter with your brother?」 asked the mother in the kitchen. 「He』s crying.」 7 G, \; [! J/ I; k. ^
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「Oh, nothing, Mum」 replied Tom. 「I』m eating my cake. He is crying because I won』t give him any.」
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「But has he finished his own cake?」
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「Yes.」 said Tom. 「And he also cried when I was helping him finish that.」 ; I, c: X. D2 E
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「湯姆,你弟弟怎麼了?」在廚房的媽媽問道。「他怎麼在哭啊?」
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* F) Y) m% t; i" W 「哦,沒事兒,媽媽。」湯姆回答道。「我在吃我的蛋糕。因為我不給他,他就哭了。」 7 d* h. r1 F0 |
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「那他吃完了自己那塊了?」
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「是的。」湯姆說。「我幫他吃蛋糕的時候就哭了。」
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Saving a Dollar 省下1美元 ) S+ r: ]6 x0 M5 \- u
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Johnny: Papa, would you be glad if I saved a dollar for you? ) l7 G! O) r- _ B7 t# U
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& j2 }7 Q6 E! P! Q% P% x& j7 e4 U Johnny: Well, I have saved one dollar for you. You said that if Ibrought a good mark this week, you would give me a dollar and I haven』tbrought one.
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! e4 {4 [( q8 F- W Johnny:爸爸,如果我為你省下1美元,你高興不? 6 p# z# {2 k8 t+ S
( m( r/ H- q' W% @ Papa:當然啦,孩子! % H M: m" g8 ]5 G u: [& y
6 o* K; r" _7 \/ d! ~$ v0 K* Y Johnny:那好,我省下1美元了。你說過我這個禮拜考出好成績,就會給我1美元。我沒考好! |