是你爸爸帮你做的作业吗
One day， Tim‘s mathematics teacher looked at his homework and saw that he had got all his sums right。 The teacher was very pleased-and rather surprised。 He called Tim to his desk and said to him， “You got all your homework right this time， Tim.What happened？ Did your father help you？”
一天，蒂姆的数学老师看了他的作业，发现他全做对了。老师很高兴，同时也十分惊讶。他把蒂姆叫到桌前说：“蒂姆，你这次的作业全都做对了，怎么回事？你爸爸帮你做了吗？”
“No， sir。 He was too busy last night， so I had to do it allmyself，” said Tim。
“不，先生，我爸爸昨天很忙，我不得不全由自己做了。”
作为回报我给您买了些彩票
Once I received a thank-you note from a friend whom I had helped。 In the envelope were five lottery tickets that had been scratched， revealing the numbers。 “Thank you very much for your help，” the note read。 “As a gift， I bought you some lottery tickets- sorry you didn‘t win。 ”
有一次，我收到一封感谢信，是一个我曾帮助过的朋友寄来的。信封内有五张彩票，都被刮过了，露出了数字。“非常感谢您的帮助，”信上写道，“作为礼物，我给您买了些彩票----真遗憾，您没中奖。”
我的第一部高端CD唱片播放机
While shopping for my first CD player， I was able to decipher most of the technicalese on the promotional signs。 One designation had me puzzled， though， so I called over a salesperson and asked， What does ‘hybrid pulse D/A converter’ mean？That means， she said， that this machine will read the digital information that is encoded on CDs and convert it into an audio signal - that is， into music.In other words this CD player plays CDs.Exactly。
在购买我的第一部CD唱机时，我能够解读推销标记上面的大多数技术语言。但是有一个标示却让我颇为迷惑，于是我叫过销售商，问道：‘混合脉冲D/A变换器’是什么意思？它的意思是，她说，这个机器能够读CD碟上加码的数字信息，将它转换成声音信息-也就是说，转换成音乐。换句话说，这个CD唱机能够播放CD碟。正是如此。
彼得和拉里之间公平的决斗
Little Pete came home from the playground with a bloody1 nose， black eye， and torn clothing。
小彼得从操场回到家时，鼻子流血、黑眼圈及被撕破了衣服。
It was obvious he‘d been in a bad fight and lost。 His father asked his son what happened。 “Well， Dad，” said Pete， “I challenged Larry to a duel2。 And， you know， I gave him his choice of weapons。”
显然他刚与人恶斗了一番，而且打输了。父亲问儿子发生了什么事。“噢，爸爸，彼得说，我向拉里挑起决斗，而且我让他挑选武器。
“Uh-huh，” said the father， “that seems fair。”
“嗯，”父亲说，“这看上去很公平！”
“I know， but I never thought he‘d choose his sister！”
“我知道，但我没想到他选择了他姐姐！”
你会选择救出哪一幅画呢
A newspaper organized a contest for the best answer to the question： “If a fire broke out in the Louvre， and if you could only save one painting， which one would you carry out？”
一份报纸组织了一场竞赛，为下面的问题征集最佳答案：“如果卢浮宫起了火，而你只能救出一幅画，你将救出哪一幅？”
The winning reply was： “The one nearest the exit。”
获奖的答案是：“最接近门口的那一幅。”