英語趣味小故事摘錄

英語趣味小故事

　　英語趣味小故事賣掃帚的人和理髮師

A man who sold brooms went into a barber’s shop to get shaved. The barber brought one of his brooms. After he had shaved him, he asked for the price of the brooms.

一個賣掃帚的人去理髮店修面。理髮師從他那裏買了一把掃帚。當理髮師給他修面後，理髮師問了一下他掃帚的價格。

“Two pence,” said the man.

賣掃帚的人說：“兩個便士。”

“No, no,” said the barber. “I will give you a penny, and if you don’t think that is enough, you may take your broom back!”

“不，不。”理髮師說：“ 我只出一個便士，如果你認爲不夠的話，可以把掃帚拿回去。”

The man took it and asked what he had to pay his shave.

賣掃帚的人拿回了掃帚，隨後問修面要付多少錢。

“A penny,” said the barber.

“一便士。”理髮師說。

“I will give you a half penny, and if that is not enough, you may put my beard on again.”

賣掃帚的人說：“我給你半個便士，如果不夠的話，請把我的鬍子還給我。”

　　英語趣味小故事兩隻狗

A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog.

有一個人養了兩條狗：一條是獵犬，一條是看家狗。

He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house.

他訓練獵狗幫他打獵，教看家狗守家。

When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat.

當獵人打了一天獵回家後，總要分給看家狗一些肉，獵狗對此很生氣。

The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.”

它不高興地對看家狗說道：“我在外邊追捕獵物十分辛苦，而你在傢什麼都不做，但你卻分享我的食物。”

“Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers.

看家狗回答道：“不要責怪我，我的朋友。他不教我打獵，卻只教我分享別人的食物。”你應該去責備主人。