【美】Marshall's Talent Education, LLC. 龔珍妮 編譯

1. You have no more wishes!你再也沒有希望了！

A youngkid foundan old lamp.As alwaysthe lamp wasrubbedand agenieappeared granting3wishes.

Genie: I will grant you 3 wishes!

Kid: I wish Maths didn’texist.

Genie: DONE! You haveno morewishes!

一個小孩發(fā)現(xiàn)了一盞舊燈。照例，燈被擦了又擦，這時一個精靈出現(xiàn)了，滿足那個小孩三個愿望。

精靈：我會滿足你三個愿望！

孩子：我希望數(shù)學(xué)不存在。

精靈：好了！你再也沒有愿望了！

Notes:

kidn.小孩

foundv.（find的過去式）發(fā)現(xiàn)

as always 像往常一樣

rubv. 擦拭

genien.精靈

appearv.出現(xiàn)

grantv.準(zhǔn)許

wishn.希望；愿望

existv.存在

no more 不再

3. The sun is closer to us太陽距離我們更近

Johnny is aCanadianboy. He is in Grade 5. His English is good. His Maths is good. HisHistoryis good. But he is poor inGeography.

One day, Johnny and his classmates are having a Geography class. The teacher asks them a question, “Which one iscloser tous, the sun orAfrica?”

Johnnyraiseshis hand and says, “Of course, the sun.”

The teacher can notbelievehis answer. He asks Johnny, “Are you sure?”

Johnny says, “Sure!”

Then the teacher asks him, “Why?”

Johnny says, “You know, sir. We can see the sun every day, but we can’t see Africa.”

約翰尼是一個加拿大男孩。他讀五年級。他的英語很好，數(shù)學(xué)很好，歷史很好。但是，他的地理很差。

一天，約翰尼和他的同學(xué)正在上地理課。老師問他們一個問題：“太陽和非洲哪一個距離我們更近？”

“當(dāng)然太陽了。”約翰尼說。

老師不敢相信他的答案。他問約翰尼：“你確定嗎？”

約翰尼說：“當(dāng)然！”

然后，老師問他：“為什么？”

約翰尼說道：“你知道的，老師。我們每天都能看到太陽，卻看不到非洲。”