■汤姆和父亲
Father and Tom

STORY 1＜＜＜You Married Mine

Tom: Daddy, I want to get married.

Father jokingly[8] said: Oh! Who did you have in mind?

Tom: Grandma.

Father: Wait a minute, you did not think I’d let you marry my mother, did you?

Tom: Why not? You married mine.

STORY 2＜＜＜Who Is the Laziest

Father: Well, Tom, I asked to your teacher today, and now I want to ask you a question. Who is the laziest person in your class?

Tom: I don’t know, father.

Father: Oh, yes, you do! Think! When other boys and girls are doing and writing, who sits in the class and only watches how other people work?

Tom: Our teacher, father.

经典谚语

A wise head makes a close mouth.

真人不露相，露相非真人。

故事1＜＜＜你也娶了我妈妈

汤姆：爸爸，我想结婚。

父亲（开玩笑地说）：噢！那你想娶谁呢？

汤姆：奶奶。

父亲：等等，你该不是认为我会让你娶我的妈妈吧？

汤姆：为什么不行？你也娶了我妈妈啊。

故事2＜＜＜谁最懒

父亲：汤姆啊，我今天见过你的老师了，我想问问你，你们班上谁最懒啊？

汤姆：爸爸，我不知道。

父亲：哦，不，你当然知道！想想看！在其他人都忙着学习和写作业的时候，是谁只是在那儿坐着看？

汤姆：爸爸，是老师。

STORY 3＜＜＜The Rain

A small boy and his father were having a walk in the country when it suddenly began to rain very hard. They did not have their umbrella with them, and there was no shelter[9] from the rain, so they were soon very wet, and the small boy did not feel very happy.

For a long time while they were walking home through the rain, the boy was thinking. Then at last he turned to his father and said to him, “Why does it rain, father? It isn’t very nice, is it?”

“No, it isn’t very nice, but it’s very useful, Tom,” answered his father.“It rains to make the fruit and the vegetables grow for us, and to make the grass grow for the cows and sheep.”

Tom thought about this for a few seconds, and then he said, “Then, why does it rain on the road too, father?”

故事3＜＜＜下雨

一个小男孩和他的父亲在街上走着，突然之间下起了大雨。他们没带伞，路上也没有可以躲雨的地方，于是他们浑身上下都淋湿了。小男孩看起来很不高兴。

他们俩在雨中走了很长的路，一路上，小男孩似乎都在思考着什么。最后，小男孩终于忍不住，向他爸爸问道：“爸爸，天上为什么会下雨呢？下雨天一点也不好呀，是吧？”

“下雨天确实很糟糕，但是，雨水却是非常有用的，汤姆。”他爸爸回答道，“雨水能帮助水果和蔬菜茁壮成长，供我们食用；还能帮助小草生长，供牛羊食用啊。”

汤姆想了一会，又问道：“那么，为什么马路上也要下雨呢，爸爸？”