once three men bought seventeen oranges.the first man wanted one half; the second one,one third;
once three men bought seventeen oranges.the first man wanted one half; the second one,one third; and the third,one ninth.it was not possible to divide those seventeen oranges as they wanted.just as they were in such a difficulty,a small boy came up with an orange in his hand.the boy said,"don't worry about that.let me divide them for you." first of all,with his own orange added to them,he made the number of oranges eighteen.then he gave nine to the first,six to the second man and two to the third man.hegave away seventeen in all and took his own for himself.these men praised together,"what a clever boy!"
從前三個人買了17個橘子,第一個人想要其中的一半,第二個人要三分之一,第三個人要九分之一.如他們所想要的那樣來分這17個橘子是不可能的.正在他們?yōu)殡y時,一個小男孩手里拿著個橘子過來了.小男孩說：“不要擔(dān)心,讓我來為你們分配吧.”首先,他把自己的1個橘子加進(jìn)去,使橘子的數(shù)量為18,然后,他給第一個人9個,第二個人6個,第三個人2個.他共分出去17個,又拿回自己的哪個.這些人一起稱贊：“多聰明的孩子啊!”
In fact ,there were_______apples when the small boy was dividing them.
（是In fact ,there were_______oranges when the small boy was dividing them.打錯了)