Birds
Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which?
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.
Teacher: Please tell us.
Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.
兩隻鳥
老師:這兒有兩隻鳥,一隻是麻雀。誰能指出哪隻是燕子,哪隻是麻雀嗎?
學生:我指不出,但我知道答案。
老師:請說說看。
學生:燕子旁邊的.就是麻雀,麻雀旁邊的就是燕子。
2. A great man
Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alive today?
Student: Of course. He must be a great man, for so far no body has lived to over 400 years.
一名偉人
老師:如果莎士比亞還活著,他會是一名偉人嗎?
學生:當然。因為到目前為止,還沒有人活到400多歲。
hands
Teacher: If I had seven oranges in one hand and eight oranges in the other, what would I have?
Student: Big hands.
大手
老師:如果我左手上有7個桔子,右手上有8個桔子。那麼我有什麼?
學生:大手。