:Expand and contract 熱脹冷縮
Teacher: We all know that heat causes an object to expand and cold causes it tocontract. Now, can anyone give me a good example?
John: Well, in the summer the days are long, and in the winter the days are short.
老師:我們都知道熱脹冷縮的道理。現在,誰給我舉個例子?
約翰:嗯,在夏天天都長,在冬天天都短。
:I guess you're right 我想妳是對的
Son: Dad, give me a dime.
Father: Son, don't you think you're getting too big to be forever begging for dimes?
Son: I guess you're right, Dad, Give me a dollar, will you?
兒子:爸爸,給我壹角錢。
父親:兒子,妳不認為妳已經長大了,不該再老是壹角壹角地要錢了,不是嗎?
兒子:爸爸,我想妳是對的,那給我壹塊錢行嗎?
:A great man 壹名偉人
Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alive today?
Student: Of course. He must be a great man, for so far nobody has lived to over 400 years.
老師:如果莎士比亞還活著,他會是壹名偉人嗎?
學生:當然。因為到目前為止,還沒有人活到400多歲。
:Lady First 女士優先
A teacher asked her class: "Is the sentence 'The ox and the cow are in the fields' correct?" Most of the children said: "Yes, it is all right!" And only one little boy said: "No, it is not correct. The lady must be mentioned first."
壹位老師問班上的學生:“‘公牛和母牛在田裏’這個句子對嗎?” 大多數學生回答說:“對,壹點不錯。” 只有壹個小男孩說:“不對,應該先說女士。”
:Count Tomorrow Morning
It's a right. John is looking at the sky.
Tom is John's younger brother. He asks John "What are you doing?"
John says, "I'm counting stars.”
Tom laughs and says, "It's really dark now. Why not count them tomorrow morning?"
這是壹個晚上。約翰擡頭看著天空。
湯姆是約翰的弟弟。他問約翰:“妳在幹什麽?”
約翰說:“我在數星星。”
湯姆笑著說:“現在天空太黑了。妳為什麽不等到明天早上再數呢?”