1.
It's His Fault
Billy and Bobby were small boys. They were brothers, and they often had fights with each other.
Last Saturday their mother said to them, I'm going to cook our lunch now. Go out and play in the garden and be good.
Yes, Mummy, the two boys answered, and they went out.
They played in the garden for half an hour, and then Billy ran into the kitchen. Mummy, he said, Bobby's broken a window in Mrs. Allen's house. Mrs. Allen was one of their neighbors.
He's a bad boy, his mother said. How did he break it?
I threw a stone at him, Billy answered, and he quickly moved down.
是他的錯
比利和波比都是小男孩。他們是兄弟，兩人經常打架。
上個星期六，他們的媽媽對他們說，我現在要做午飯了。去，到花園去玩吧，別淘氣。
是，媽媽，兩個男孩回答，然後他們就出去了。
他們在花園裡玩了半個小時，然後比利跑進了廚房。媽媽，他說，波比打碎了艾倫太太家的窗玻璃。艾倫太太是他們的鄰居。
他是個壞孩子，他的媽媽說，他是怎麼把玻璃打碎的?
我朝他扔了一塊石子，比利回答道，他趕緊蹲下。
2.
He Won
Tommy: How is your little brother, Johnny? Johnny: He is ill in bed. He hurt himself.
Tommy: That's too bad. How did that happen?
Johnny: We played who could lean furthest out of the window, and he won.
他贏了
湯姆：約翰尼，你小弟弟好嗎?
約翰尼：他害病臥床了。他受了傷。
湯姆：真糟糕，怎麼回事兒?
約翰尼：我們做遊戲，看誰能把身子探出窗外最遠，他贏了。
3.
He's just Been to the Zoo
When I was waitting in line at the bank , I noticed a woman holding a small child at one of the windows. The boy was eating a roll ,which he thrust at the teller. The teller smiled and shook his head.
"No, no, dear," said the boy's mom. and then , turnning to the teller , "I beg your pardon , young man. Please forgive my son . He's just been to the zoo."
他剛去過動物園
當我在銀行裡排隊時，發現一位婦女抱著一個小孩站在一個視窗。男孩正在吃一個麵包卷，並將麵包卷戳向出納員，出納員笑著搖了搖頭。
“別這樣，親愛的.，” 男孩的媽媽說。然後她轉向出納員說，“對不起，小夥子。請原諒我的兒子，他剛去過動物園。”