你可能不會的字 in story #1
*traffic lights 紅綠燈 /*nearly 幾乎, 差一點
*whisky 一種烈酒/ frightened 嚇到, 害怕
Harry did not stop his car at some traffic lights when they were red,
and he hit another car. Harry jumped out and went to it.
There was an old man in the car.
He was very frightened and said to Harry,
“ What are you doing? You nearly killed me!”
“ Yes,” Harry answered. “I'm very sorry.” He took a bottle out of his car and said,
“ Drink some of this. Then you'll feel better.”
He gave the man some whisky, and the man drank it,
but then he shouted again. “You nearly killed me!”
Harry gave him the bottle again, and the old man drank a lot of the whiskey.
Then he smiled and said to Harry.
“Thank you. I feel much better now. But why aren't you drinking?”
“ Oh, well,” Harry answered.
“I don't want any whisky now. I'm going to sit here and wait for the police.”
(我確定不喜歡男聲念的。 以後都請Penelope 念了。)
story #2
*quick 敏捷的；伶俐的 funeral 喪禮
Mrs. Robinson was a teacher in a big school in a city in America.
She had boys and girls in her class and she always enjoyed teaching them
because they were quick and because they thought about everything carefully.
One day, she said to the children, “People in a lot of countries in Asia wear white clothes at funerals,
but people in America and in Europe wear white clothes when they're happy.
What color does a woman wear in this country when she marries, Mary? “
Mary said, “ White, Miss, because she's happy.”
“ That's good, Mary,” Mrs. Robinson said.
“You are quite right. She wears white because she's happy.”
But then one of the boys in the class put his hand up.
“Yes, Dick!” Mrs. Robinson said. “Do you want to ask something?”
“ Yes, please, Miss,” Dick said.
“Why do men wear black in this country when they marry, Miss?”
