英語幽默小故事 An Exact Number
A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bones lying about. "How old are these bones?" the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide. "Exactly one hundred million and three years old. "How can you be so sure?" inquired the tourist. "Well," replied the guide, " a geologist came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago. Notes: (1) New Mexico 新墨西哥(美國州名) (2) be amazed at 對…感到驚詫 (3) dinosaur n.恐龍(已絕跡的巨大爬行動物) Exercises: 根據短文判斷下列句子正(T)、(F): ① The tourist was frightened by the dinosaur bones lying about. ② The elderly native American served as a guide. ③ The guide knew exactly how old the bones were. ④ The guide told the tourist the history of the bones. ⑤ The guide believed what the geologist had said. 103.準確數字 一位遊客在新墨西哥遊覽。他對隨處可見的恐龍化石甚感驚奇。 “這些化石有多長的歷史?”遊客問一個上了年紀的當地美國人。他是作嚮導的。 “整整十億零三年了。” “你怎麼這麼肯定?”遊客問道。 “哦,”嚮導回答道,“一個地質學家來過這兒,他告訴我説這些化石有十億年了,再加上那是整整三年前的事了。” 練習參考答案: ①F②T③F④F⑤T