英文笑话:Thinking Back 回忆
英语课
We were gathered together, all ten of us, for our widowed mother's 80th birthday. The conversation was of early struggles, walking to work and saving 1 up in clothing clubs, when my elder sister said, "Of course, we were bound 2 to be poor because we were such a big family. Mom, why did you have so many children?"
Mother looked around at us all and said, "Well, where did you want to me to stop?"
我们总共十个人,聚在一起祝贺已成为寡妇的妈妈的八十岁生日。谈的话题是我们家早年的艰辛,走着去上班,在“新衣会”里存钱准备买衣裳。这时我姐姐说:“当然,我们的生活没法子不艰难,因为我们家孩子太多了。妈妈,您为什么要生这么多的孩子呢?”
妈妈看了我们一圈说:“那么,你想让我在哪儿停住呢?”