Mom buys Lucy a new dress, but she doesn’t tell Lucy the color of the dress. 媽媽給露西買了一條漂亮的連衣裙,可是媽媽沒有告訴露西連衣裙的顏色。
Mom gives her a clue with a smile, “The dress can be red, pink or blue.” 媽媽笑著給露西一點(diǎn)提示:“連衣裙可能是紅色、粉紅色或者藍(lán)色中的一種。”
Lucy thinks for a while and says, “Mom will not buy me a red dress, for I don’t like red.” 露西想了想說:“媽媽一定不會(huì)買紅色的,因?yàn)槲也幌矚g紅色?!?/p>
Mom smiles. Lucy says: “It’s either pink or blue.” After a while, she says, “It must be blue.” 媽媽笑了笑。露西又說:“那不是粉紅色就是藍(lán)色?!彼窒肓讼胝f:“一定是藍(lán)色的?!?/p>
Mom smiles and says, “At least one of your sentences is right. And of course there is at least one of them is wrong.” 媽媽說道:“你剛才說的話至少有一句是對(duì)的,但至少有一句是錯(cuò)的?!?/p>
Lucy is a little puzzled and she doesn’t know what to do. Can you tell her the color of the dress? 露西聽了媽媽的話,有些不知所措了。你能告訴她連衣裙的顏色嗎?
粉紅色。因?yàn)槿绻B衣裙是藍(lán)色的話,那么3句話都是正確的;如果連衣裙是紅色的話,那么三句話都是錯(cuò)誤的。