張恒

（一）

Little Johnny was working hard at scratching1 a pen along a page of hispaper at his fathers desk. His mother asked， “Are you writing a letter to yourgood friend， son？”“No，”he said.“Its a letter to myself.”“Well，”she smiled.“What are you going to write about？”“How should I know？”he said.“I haventreceived it yet.”

小約翰尼在父親的桌子上努力地用一支筆在一頁(yè)紙上劃著。他的母親問(wèn)：“兒子，你在給你的好朋友寫信嗎？”“不是。”他說(shuō)，“這是寫給我自己的一封信?！啊迸丁彼α恕?，你打算寫什么？”“我怎么知道？”他說(shuō)“，我還沒收到呢?！?/p>

（二）

Jim： Why did Alvin take the ladder2 to his school？

Mary： Because he wanted to go to high school！

吉姆院：爾文為什么要帶梯子到他的學(xué)校去呢？

瑪麗：因?yàn)樗肷礁咧校?/p>

（三）

Teacher： I told you to stand at the end of the line.

Student： I tried， but there was someone already there！

老師：我告訴過(guò)你站到隊(duì)伍最后面去。

學(xué)生：我去過(guò)了，但那里已經(jīng)有人了！

（四）

Teacher： What goes up when you count3 down？

Student： A rocket.

教師：倒數(shù)的時(shí)候什么東西會(huì)上升？

學(xué)生：火箭。

（五）

Two brothers wanted to ask a favor4 of their mom.

“You ask her，”said Eric， 10 years old.

“No， you ask her，”said Peter， 9 years old.“Youve known her much longer.”

兩兄弟想請(qǐng)自己的媽媽幫個(gè)忙。

“你去和她說(shuō)吧?！?0 歲的埃里克說(shuō)。

“我不，你去說(shuō)?！? 歲的彼得說(shuō)，“你認(rèn)識(shí)她的時(shí)間比我長(zhǎng)多了?！?/p>

（六）

A man called his friend and a small voice greeted him.

“Is your daddy there？”he asked.

“Yes.”

“Could I speak with him？”

“Hes busy，”the little voice said.

“Well， can I speak to your mother？”

“No， she is busy， too.”

“Wellthen，letmetalkwithyourbrother.”

“Hes busy， too.”

“What are they so busy doing？”

“They are looking for me！ ”

一個(gè)男人打電話給朋友，一個(gè)小小的聲音向他打招呼。

“你爸爸在嗎？”他問(wèn)。

“在?！?/p>

“我能和他通話嗎？”

“他很忙?！毙÷曇艋卮鹫f(shuō)。

“嗯，我能和你媽媽通話嗎？”

“不行，她也很忙?！?/p>

“那么，讓我和你哥哥通話吧。”

“他也很忙?！?/p>

“他們?cè)诿κ裁茨兀俊?/p>

“他們忙著找我！”

Notes

1. scratch 劃出；刮出……痕跡

2. ladder 梯子

3. count? 按順序……數(shù)數(shù)

4. favor 幫助；提拔