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英语幽默精读【137】A Branch Office
2008-8-6 9:22

  A man was standing at a corner, with a hat in each hand, waiting for handouts. A passer-by stopped and dropped a coin in one hat, then asked, "What's the other hat for?"

  "Business has been so tremendous lately. " the man replied. " that I decided to open a branch office . "

  ※ Notes

  (1) handout n. 施舍
  (2) tremendous adj.极好的

  ※ Exercises

  根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):

  ① The man was sitting at a comer.
  ② Before the man, there were two hats on the ground
  ③ The man was waiting for a certain person.
  ④ The passer-by put a coin in each of the two hats
  ⑤ The man would really open a branch office.

  ※ 译文

分店

  一个人站在墙角处,两手各托一顶帽子,乞求施舍。有个路过的行人停下来,往一顶帽子里扔了一枚硬币,然后问道:“另一顶帽子是干什么用的?”

  “近来生意兴隆,我决定开一个分店,”那人答道。

  ※ 练习参考答案

  ①F②F③F④F⑤F

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