A train stops at a station. Many people come out to buy food and fruits. A young man wants to come out, but it starts to rain. A boy is standing under a big umbrella. The young man says to the boy, "Can you go and get us two burgers, one for you and one for me?Here are two dollars."
"Great!" says the boy and then he goes to buy burgers. After some time, the boy is back. He's eating a burger.
"Where is my burger?" asks the young man.
"Oh, there was only one burger left. So I ate mine Here is your dollar."
我吃了我的
壹列火車停站了，許多人都下車買食物和水果。壹個年輕人也想去買，但是這時候天開始下雨了。壹個男孩站在壹把大傘下。這個年輕就跟這個男孩說，“這有兩美元，妳可以（幫）我去買兩個漢堡麽？壹個給妳，壹個給我。”
“太棒了！”小男孩說著，然後去買漢堡了。過了壹會，小男孩回來了，嘴裏正吃著漢堡。
“我的漢堡呢？”年輕人問道。
“啊，只剩壹個了，我就吃了我的那個，這是妳的錢。”
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。