人人说英语高级21

 　　Shopping

Fake 1 Money

Jimmy went into a shop, took a toy tank, gave theshopkeeper fake money and started to leave.

So, the shopkeeper told him, “Excuse me, little boy,this isn’t real money.” Little Jimmy didn’t reply,continuing walking out of the shop. The shopkeeperrepeated himself, and Jimmy kept walking.

The third time the shopkeeper called him, “I’m sorry,young man, but this is not real money.”

Jimmy looked at the tank in his hands, looked at theshopkeeper and finally said, “And this isn’t a real tank, either.”　　假钱

吉米进了一家商店，拿了一个玩具坦克，给了店主假钱就走了。于是店主告诉他：“对不起，小孩，这不是真钱。”

小吉米没有回答，继续往外走。店主重复自己的话，但吉米继续走。

第三次店主叫住他：“对不起，年轻人，这不是真钱。”

吉米看着手里的坦克，又看着店主最后说：“可这也不是真坦克呀。”　　

          Bye-bye, Grandpa

A young woman was walking through a supermarket topick up a few things when she noticed an old man followingher around. Thinking nothing of it, she ignored him andcontinued shopping. After she got what she wanted,she went to the checkout 2 line, but the old man got in front of her.

“Pardon, me,” he said, “I’m sorry if my staring at you hasmade you feel uncomfortable. It’s just that you look justlike my granddaughter, who just died recently.

And I miss her very much.”　　“I’m very sorry,” replied the young woman.

“Is there anything I can do for you?”

“Yes,” the old man said. “As I’m leaving, can

you say ‘Bye-bye, grandpa’ to me? It would make me feel so much better.”

“Sure,” answered the young woman.

As the old man was leaving, she called out,

“Bye-bye, grandpa!”

When she stepped up to the checkout counter 3,she saw that her total was ＄178.50.

“How can that be?” she asked. “I only bought a few things!”

“Your grandpa said you would pay for him,” said the clerk.

爷爷，再见

一位年轻妇女走过一家超市买一点东西，她注意到有一个老人跟着她，她心想这没什么，就没理会，继续买东西。拿好东西以后，她来排队结帐，那老人站在他前面。“请原谅我，”他说

“如果我盯着看你使你不舒服了，我很抱歉。这只是因为你长得像我的孙女，她最近刚去世，我非常想念她。”

“我很遗憾，”年轻妇女说：“我能为您做什么吗？”

“是的，”老人说：“等我离开的时候，你能对我说‘爷爷，再见’吗？这样会使我感觉好得多。”

“当然。”年轻妇女回答。

当老人离开时，她高声叫道：“爷爷，再见！”

当她走到结账台时，看到一共是178.50美元。

“怎么可能呢？”她问“我只买了一点东西！”

“你爷爷说你会给他付账的。”售货员说。

Washing a rabbit

A young boy, about seven years old, was at the corner "Mom & Pop" grocery 5 picking out a pretty good size box of laundry 6 detergent 7.

The grocer 4 walked over, and, trying to be friendly, asked the boy if he had a lot of laundry to do.

"Oh, no laundry," the boy said, "I'm going to wash my rabbit."

"But you shouldn't use this to wash your rabbit. It's very powerful 8 and if you wash your dog in this, he'll get sick. In fact, it might even kill him."

But the boy was not to be stopped and carried the detergent to the counter and paid for it, even as the grocer still tried to talk him out of washing his rabbit.

About a week later the boy was back in the store to buy some candy. The grocer asked the boy how his rabbit was doing.

"Oh, he died," the boy said.

The grocer, trying not to be an I-told-you-so, said he was sorry the dog died but added 9, "I tried to tell you not to use that detergent on your rabbit."

"Well," the boy replied, "I don't think it was the detergent that killed him."

"Oh? What was it then?"

"I think it was the Washing with him!"