Tom’s Birthday
It was Tom’s birthday,and he was five years old.He got quite a lot of nice birthday presents from his family,and one of them was a beartiful big drum.
“Who gave him that thing?”answered Tom’s mother.
“me”said his father.
Of course,Tom liked his drum very much.He made terrible noise with is,but his mother did not mind.His father was working during the day,and Tom was in bed when he got home in the evening,so he did not hear the noise.
But one of the neighbours did not like noise at all.So one morning a few days later she took a sharp knife and went to Tom’s house while he was hitting his drum.She said to him,”Hello,Tom,do you know,there’s something very nice inside your drum.Here is a knitf.Open the frum and let’s find it.”
那天是湯姆五歲的生日，他從家人那裏得到了很多不錯的禮物，其中有壹件禮物是壹只漂亮的大鼓。
“這是誰給他的呢？”湯姆媽媽問道。
“我。”爸爸說。
當然，湯姆非常喜歡這個大鼓。雖然他敲鼓的聲音很難聽，但媽媽卻從不在意。湯姆爸爸因為白天工作，而且當爸爸回家時湯姆已經睡覺了，所以爸爸並沒有聽見過這些噪音。
但是，他們的壹位鄰居非常不高興。幾天後的壹個早上，當她又壹次聽到湯姆的噪音時，她帶著鋒利的小刀來到湯姆家：”嘿，湯姆，妳知道嗎妳的鼓裏有好東西，打開它，我們壹起找找那好東西吧 。
第2則：心目中的英雄Personal Hero
Our granddaughter's second-grade class was asked to write about their personal heroes. Her father was flattered to find out that she had chosen him. "Why did you pick me?" he asked.
"Because I couldn't spell Arnold Schwarzenegger," she said.
我們的孫女兒讀二年級，老師要求班上的同學寫他們心目中的英雄。她的爸爸發現她選擇了他，真是受寵若驚。“妳為什麽選我呢？”他問。
“因為我不會拼阿諾得.施瓦辛格(Arnold Schwarzenegger)，“她說。
第3則：壹個數學問題
A Problem in Arithmetic
Bill is a good student and an intelligent boy. He likes to study arithmetic, and he can do all of the arithmetic problems in his book easily.
One day on his way to school Bill passed a fruit store. There was a sign in the window which said, "Apple-Six for five cents." An idea came to Bill and he went into the store.
"How much are the apples?" he asked the store.
"Six for five cents."
"But I don't want six apples."
"How many apples do you want?"
"It is not a question of how many apples I want. It is a problem in arithmetic."
"What do you mean by a problem in arithmetic?" asked the man.
"Well, if six apples are wroth five cents, then five apples are worth four cents, four apples are worth three cents, three apples are worth rwo cents, two apples are worth one cent and one apple is worth nothing. I only want one apple, and if one apple is worth nothing then it is not necessary for me to pay you."
Bill picked out a good apple, began to eat it, and walked happily out of the store. The man looked at the young boy with such surprise that he could not say a word.
比爾是壹個好學生，也是個聰明的孩子。他喜歡學數學，課本上所有的數學問題他都能不費勁地解答。
有壹天，在上學路上，比爾經過壹家水果店。該店窗戶上有個招牌上寫著：“蘋果--五美分六個。”比爾腦筋壹轉，進了店門。
“蘋果怎麽賣？”
“五美分六個。”
“但我不想要六個。”
“妳想要幾個？”
“這不是我想要幾個的問題。這是個數學問題。”
“數學問題？妳說這話是什麽意思？”
“妳看，如果六個蘋果五美分，那麽五個蘋果四美分，四個蘋果三美分，三個蘋果二美分，二個蘋果壹美分，壹個蘋果就不要錢。我只要壹個蘋果，如果壹個蘋果壹分錢也不要的話，那我也就沒必要給妳錢了。”
比爾揀了壹個好蘋果，開始吃了起來，然後興高采烈地邁出了店門。那個售貨員吃驚地望著這個小男孩，壹句話也說不出來。