（一）

Coffee and Money

咖啡和錢

A man goes to a coffee shop and the waiter comes over and asks，“Can I helpyou， sir？”

The man answers，“What does a cup of coffee cost？”

The waiter says，“That would be $2.60.”

“Alright， I’ll have one，”says the man. He takes 26 dimes1 out of his walletand throws them all on the ground. The waiter doesn’t want to make trouble2， sohe just picks up the money and brings the man his coffee.

A week later， the same man goes the coffee shop. He orders a coffee againbut this time he pays with a five dollar bill.

The waiter smelled an opportunity3 for revenge4. So when he brings thecoffee， he throws 48 nickels5 on the ground as change6. The man drinks his coffeeleaving the change on the ground. A few minutes later， he throws two dimes on thefloor and orders a second coffee.

一個(gè)男人去了一家咖啡店，服務(wù)生走過來問：“先生，請(qǐng)問要點(diǎn)什么？”

男人回答道：“一杯咖啡要多少錢？”

服務(wù)員說：“2.6 美元。”“好吧，我要一杯。”那人說。他從錢包里拿出26 個(gè)一角硬幣，然后把它們都扔在地上。服務(wù)員不想惹麻煩，所以只是撿起錢，之后給他端上了咖啡。

一周后，這個(gè)人又去了咖啡店。他又點(diǎn)了一杯咖啡，但這次他付了一張五美元的鈔票。服務(wù)員嗅到了復(fù)仇的機(jī)會(huì)，所以在端上咖啡時(shí)，他往地上扔了48個(gè)五分硬幣作為找零。這個(gè)男人喝著他的咖啡，不管地上的零錢。幾分鐘后，他把兩個(gè)一角硬幣扔在地上，點(diǎn)了第二杯咖啡。

（二）

Good Question

有趣的問題

Teacher： If I had 6 oranges in one hand and 7 apples in the other， what would I have？

Student： Big hands！

教師：如果我一只手里有6 個(gè)橘子，另一只手里有7 個(gè)蘋果，我有什么？

學(xué)生：一雙大手！

（三）

Noun

名詞

“A noun，”the teacher said，“is something you can think of， but you can’t touch it. Can you give me an example of one？”

“Sure，”a boy said.“My father’s new car.”

“一個(gè)名詞，”老師說，“是你能想但不能觸摸的東西。你能舉一個(gè)例子嗎？”

“當(dāng)然能。”一個(gè)男孩說，“我爸爸的新車?！?/p>

（四）

Sitting and Doing Nothing

無(wú)所事事

A crow was sitting on a tree， doing nothing all day. A rabbit asked him，“Can Ialso sit like you and do nothing all day long？”The crow answered，“Sure. Why not？”

So， the rabbit sat on the ground under the tree， and had a rest. A fox jumped onthe rabbit and ate it.

一只烏鴉棲息在樹上，整天無(wú)所事事。一只兔子問它“： 我也能像你一樣整天什么也不做嗎？”烏鴉回答“： 當(dāng)然能，為什么不行呢？”

于是，這只兔子坐在樹下面的空地上休息。一只狐貍撲向這只兔子，把它吃掉了。

（英語(yǔ)原文選自：yingyuzhijia.com amp; jianshu.com）