52. Not Here
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：英汉幽默故事选读
Kathy and Polly were friends but they liked playing tricks 2 on each other
One day Kathy met Polly in the street. She said 3, "Hi, Polly. It's good to see you."
"How can you see me when I'm not here?" Polly asked.
"What do you mean, you' re not here?" Kathy asked. "Of course 4 you 're here."
"No, I'm not." Polly said. "and I'll bet 5 you ten dollars that I can prove 6 I'm not here."
"Alright," said Kathy. "Ten dollars. Now prove you' re not here ."
"Easy," Polly said, "Am I in Hong Kong?"
"No," said Kathy.
"Am I in Paris?"
"No," said Kathy.
"If I'm not in Hong Kong and I'm not in Paris," Polly said, " then I must be somewhere 7 else. Right?"
"Right," said Kathy. "You must be somewhere else."
"Exactly 8." said Polly. "And if I'm somewhere else I can't be here, can I? Ten dollars, please. "
"That's very clever, Polly," Kathy said, "but I can't give you ten dollars."
"Why not?" asked Polly. "We had 9 a bet.
"Certainly 10 we had a bet," Kathy said, "but how can I give you ten dollars if you're not here?"
And with a laugh she walked away.
Notes:
(2) play a trick on sb.开玩笑；戏谑某人
(3) prove v.证明
(4) Hong Kong香港
(5) Paris巴黎（法国首都）
Exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
① Where did 11 Polly and Kathy meet?
A. at school
B. on the train
C. in the playground
D. in the street
② Polly wanted to______ .
A. be friends with Kathy
B. bet on Kathy
C. make a bet with Kathy
D. give Kathy some money
③ What did Polly say she could 12 do?
A. prove she wasn't there.
B. give Kathy ten dollars.
C. 90 to Paris.
D. prove she was 13 in Hong Kong.
④ What did Kathy do?
A. She gave 14 Polly ten dollars.
B. She proved 15 she couldn't give Polly the money.
C. She was angry with Polly.
D. She refused the bet.
⑤ So from the story we can know _____.
A. Polly is very clever
B. Kathy is very clever
C. neither 16 of them is very clever
D. both of them are very clever
52.不在这里
凯斯和波丽是朋友，但她们总爱开对方的玩笑。
一天凯斯在街上遇见了波丽。她说，“喂、波丽，很高兴见到你。”
“我不在这里，你怎能看到我呢？”波丽说。
“你说你不在这里，这是什么意思？”凯斯问，“当然，你在这里。”
“不，我不在这里。”波丽说，“我将和你打10美元的赌，赌我能证明我不在这里。”
“行，”凯斯说，“10美元。现在证明你不在这里吧。”
“这很容易，”波丽说，“我在香港吗？”
“不在，”凯斯说。
“我在巴黎吧？”
“如果我既不在香港也不在巴黎，”波丽说，“那我一定在别的地方。对不对？”
“对，”凯斯说，“你一定在别处。”
“确实如此，”波丽说，“既然我在别处，那我一定不在这里，不是吗？请给10美元吧。”
“真聪明，波丽。”凯斯说，“但我不能给你10美元。”
“为什么不给？”波丽问，“我们打过赌的。”
“不错，我们打过赌。”凯斯说，“但既然你不在这里，我怎么能给你10美元呢？”
说完她笑着离开了。
练习参考答案：
①D②C③A④B⑤D
- Don't try to trick me!不要欺骗我！
- He has played me a trick.他跟我开了个玩笑。
- a dirty tricks campaign 肮脏卑鄙的竞选运动
- Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation. 有些魔术要求有观众的参与。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
- He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。
- The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
- Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。
- I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
- I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。
- This will prove to the world that we are right.这将向全世界证明我们是对的。
- How can you prove that you are right?你如何能证明你是正确的呢？
- He's from somewhere in the middle east.他从中东某个地方来。
- Somewhere in the united states.在美国的某个地方。
- What I want is exactly this one.我要的就是这一个。
- I beg your pardon,what you say is not exactly correct.对不起，你说的话并不完全对。
- I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
- The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。
- He is certainly a hero!他无疑是个英雄！
- Some people certainly think so.有些人肯定会这么认为。
- How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
- Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？
- Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
- I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。
- He asked for money and I gave him some.他要钱，我给了他一些。
- I gave you a map so you wouldn't get lost. 我给你一张地图，这样你就不会迷路了。
- The format of the new quiz show has proved popular. 新的智力竞赛节目的总体安排结果证明很受欢迎。
- Our fears proved groundless. 我们的担心证明是毫无道理的。