He Won
Tommy: How is your little brother, Johnny? Johnny: He is ill in bed. He hurt himself.
Tommy: That's too bad. How did that happen?
Johnny: We played who could lean furthest out of the window, and he won.
他贏了
湯姆：約翰尼,你小弟弟好嗎?
約翰尼：他害病臥床了.他受了傷.
湯姆：真糟糕,怎么回事兒?
約翰尼：我們做游戲,看誰能把身子探出窗外最遠(yuǎn),他贏了.
I Have His Ear in My Pocket
Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked, "What happened?"
"A kid bit me," replied Ivan.
"Would you recognize him if you saw him again?" asked his mother.
"I'd know him any where," said Ivan. "I have his ear in my pocket."
他的耳朵在我衣兜里
伊凡鼻子流著血回到家里.他媽媽問,“發(fā)生了什么事?”
“一個男孩咬了我一口,”伊凡說.
“再見到他你能認(rèn)出來嗎?”媽媽問.
“他走到哪里我都能認(rèn)出他,”伊凡說.“他的耳朵還在我衣兜里呢.”
A Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢.
“昨天給你的錢干什么了?”
“我給了一個可憐的老太婆,”他回答說. “你真是個好孩子,”媽媽驕傲地說.“再給你兩分錢.可你為什么對那位老太太那么感興趣呢?”
“她是個賣糖果的.”
Drunk
One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk."
"But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!"
醉酒
一天,父親與小兒子一道回家.這個孩子正處于那種對什么事都很感興趣的年齡,老是有提不完的問題.他向父親發(fā)問道：“爸爸,‘醉’字是什么意思?” “唔,孩子,”父親回答說,“你瞧那兒站著兩個警察.如果我把他們看成了四個,那么我就算醉了.” “可是,爸爸, ”孩子說,“那兒只有一個警察呀!”
Hospitality
The hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple-pie without any cheese. The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest's plate. The visitor smiled, put the cheese into his mouth and then said: "You must have better eyes than your mother, sonny. Where did you find the cheese?" "In the rat-trap, sir," replied the boy.
好客
由于客人在吃蘋果餡餅時,家里沒有奶酪了,于是女主人向大家表示歉意.這家的小男孩悄悄地離開了屋子.過了一會兒,他拿著一片奶酪回到房間,把奶酪放在客人的盤子里. 客人微笑著把奶酪放進嘴里說：“孩子,你的眼睛就是比你媽媽的好.你在哪里找到的奶酪?” “在捕鼠夾上,先生.”那小男孩說.
Friendship is unconditional and uncritical, based only on mutual respect and the ability to enjoy each other" s company. These authority figures never saw the way one of us could do something outrageous, and the rest of us would joke about it for days. We could have fun doing absolutely nothing at all—because the company we provided each other with was enough. Rather than discussing operas, Lewinsky, or the weather, we enjoyed just hanging around each other without any one of us trying to outsmart the others. Still, I realize that these adults had a point to be concerned about the direction my friends were heading; I also was concerned for them, but I wasn"t about to leave them. Many times I would advise my friends that some activity may be dangerous or to think things through before doing something, but I would never claim to hold the moral high ground and to condescend to them. When Marvin would begin rolling joints, when Alisa would tell me she skipped school because of a hangover, or when Mariam would tell me that her new boyfriend was in a street gang, I expressed my discomfort with their actions. However, I never blackmailed them with the threat of taking my friendship away. Contrary to the commercials on television, you can have friends who use drugs. In fact, probably everyone does without realizing it.
友誼是無條件、不帶偏見的；彼此相互尊重,并且喜歡和對方在一起,就是友誼.這些權(quán)威人士永遠(yuǎn)不會明白為什么我們會為一些小事快樂好幾天.我們在一起的時候即使什么也不做,也會感到開心——因為大家聚在一起就已足夠；不去談?wù)搼騽　⑷R溫斯基或者天氣,大家只是享受那份閑來蕩去的愜意,誰也不用絞盡腦汁想著怎樣一較高下,分清孰優(yōu)孰劣.然而,我知道那些大人很擔(dān)心我朋友的將來；我也有同感,但并沒有打算要和他們絕交.所以我常常提醒他們有些活動是很危險的,或是做某件事之前要深思,我絕對不會把道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn)束之高閣而去參與他們其中；當(dāng)馬文想嘗試一下大麻的滋味,或者阿莉薩告訴我她因為宿醉而逃課,又或者瑪麗安說她的新男友是街上的一個小混混時,我只是為他們感到不安,但我從來沒想到以絕交威脅他們.和電視廣告不同,你們也可能會結(jié)交吸毒的朋友.實際上,也許每個人都有這樣的經(jīng)歷,但自己并沒有意識到.
詳細(xì)的：）~