In The Air
Matt and his wife lived in the country.Matt was very stingy(吝嗇) and hated spending money.One day a fair(集市) came to the nearby town.
“Let’s go to the fair,Matt,” his wife said,“We haven’t been anywhere for a long time.”
Matt thought about this for a while.He knew he would have to spend money at the fair.At last he said,“All right,but I’m not going to spend much money.We’ll look at things,but we won’t buy anything.”
They went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy.There were many things Matt’s wife wanted to buy ,but he would not let her spend any money.
Then ,in a nearby field,they saw a small airplane.
“Fun flight!” the notice said,“$10 for 10 minutes.”
Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a fun flight.However,he didn’t want to have to pay for his wife,as well.
“I’ve only got $10,” he told the pilot.( 飛行員).“Can my wife come with me for free?” The pilot wasn’t selling many tickets,so he said ,“I’ll make a bargain with you.If your wife doesn’t scream or shout,she can have a free flight.”
Matt agreed,and got into the small airplane with his wife.
The pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of things.At one moment it was flying upside down.
When the plane landed ,the pilot said,“O.K.your wife didn’t make a sound .She can have her ride free.”
“Thank you,” Matt said.“it wasn’t easy for her,you know ,especi ally (尤其 ) when she fell out.”
譯文：
Matt和他的老婆住在鄉(xiāng)下.Matt十分吝嗇及怕花錢.有一天,隔壁村有舉辦了一個集市.
“讓我們去集市吧,Matt,”他老婆說,“我們很長時間沒有出去了.”Matt想了一會兒.他知道他去集市會花錢.最后他說,“好的.不過我將不會花很多錢.我們只看,不買.”
他們去了集市看要買的東西.那里有很多東西Matt的老婆想買,但是他不讓她花一分錢.
過了一會,在旁邊的一塊地上,他們看見了一架小飛機.
“有趣的飛行!”有個提示上寫著,“花十塊錢玩十分鐘.”
Matt從來沒有坐過飛機,所以他想玩這個.但是,他又不想為他老婆付錢玩.
“我只有10塊錢.”他告訴飛行員.“可不可以讓我老婆免費坐?”飛行員不是賣票的.所以他回答：“我給你個優(yōu)惠.如果你老婆不亂喊亂叫,她就可以免費坐飛機.”
Matt同意了,跟他老婆一起上了飛機.
飛行員表演了各種技能.其中有一個是倒過來飛.當飛機落地時,飛行員說,“很好,你老婆沒有出聲音,她可以免費.“
”Matt說,“這對她來說不容易.你知道么?特別是當她掉出去的時候.”