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Like a Gentleman
Dick was seven years old, and his sister, Catherine, was five. One day their mother took them to their aunt’s house to play while she herself went to a big city to buy some new clothes.
The children played for an hour, and then at half past four their aunt took Dick into the kitchen. She gave him a nice cake and a knife and said to him, “Now here’s a knife, Dick. Cut this cake in half and give one of the pieces to your sister, but remember to do it like a gentleman.”
“Like a gentleman?” Dick asked. “How does a gentleman do it?”
“He always gives the bigger piece to the other person,” answered his aunt at once.
“Oh,” said Dick. He thought about this for a few seconds. Then he took the cake to his sister and said to her, “Cut this cake in half, Catherine.”
像绅士一样
迪克七岁,他的妹妹凯瑟琳五岁。一天,妈妈把他们带到姨妈家去玩,她自己到大城市去买些新衣服。
孩子们玩了个把小时,在四点半的时候,姨妈领着迪克走进了厨房。她交给迪克一块精美的蛋糕和一把刀子,并对他说:“喏,迪克,给你刀子, 把这块蛋糕一分为二,给你妹妹一块。不过,你得记住要做得像个绅士一样。”
迪克问:“像个绅士?绅士怎样做呢?”
他姨妈马上回答说:“绅士总是把大的一块让给别人。”
迪克说了一声“噢”。他想了一会,然后,他把蛋糕拿给了妹妹,并对她说:“凯瑟琳,你来把这块蛋糕一分为二吧。”
The Diet
A woman was lamenting to her diet club that she had gained weight. She had made her family’s favorite cake over the weekend, she reported, and they’d eaten half of it at dinner.
The next day, she said, she kept staring at the other half, and then she cut a thin slice for herself. One slice led to another, and soon the whole cake was gone.
The woman went on to talk about how upset she was with her lack of willpower. As she sat in front of the now-empty cake plate, she was also concerned about how disappointed her husband would be when he found out what she had done.
Everyone commiserated with her. Then, someone asked what her husband said when he got home.
She smiled. “Oh, I solved that problem. He never found because I made another cake and ate half!”
节食
一位妇女向减肥俱乐部诉苦,说自己又胖了。她说她在周末为家人做了一块大家都爱吃的蛋糕,晚饭时蛋糕被吃掉了一半。
第二天,她一直盯着另一半,终于忍不住给自己切了一小块。吃了第一块就想吃第二块,不一会儿,蛋糕就被吃光了。
这位妇女接着说,她非常非常难过,因为她缺乏自制力。还说她坐在那里面对着空盘子,想到丈夫发现自己的所作所为之后,一定会很失望,不禁有点惴惴不安起来。
所有的人都对她表示同情。然后有人问她丈夫回到家后,到底说了什么。
她笑了笑。“噢,我已经把问题解决了。他一直都蒙在鼓里,因为我又做了一块蛋糕,吃了一半!”
It Isn’t Lost
Jim worked as a cabin-boy on a small steamer. One morning he broke a coffee-pot and threw it into the sea. When he brought in the breakfast for the captain, he said,“May I ask you a question, sir?”
“Of course, you may,” said the captain, “What is it?”
“Is a thing lost if you know where it is?” said Jim.
“Of course it isn’t,” said the captain.
“Then your coffee-pot isn’t lost, sir, because I know where it is,” said Jim with a smile.
“Where is it?” asked the captain.
“At the bottom of the sea,” said Jim.
没有丢失
吉姆在一艘汽船上当服务员。一天早晨,他打破了一把咖啡壶并随手把它扔到了海里。
当他把早饭端到船长面前时,他说:“先生,我可以问你一个问题吗?”
“当然可以,什么事啊?”船长说。
“如果一样东西你知道它在哪里,这算丢失了吗?”吉姆说。
“当然不算了。”船长回答。
“那好,你的咖啡壶并没有丢失,因为我知道它在哪儿。” 吉姆笑着说。
“它在哪儿?”船长问道。
“在海底。”吉姆回答道。
Dick was seven years old, and his sister, Catherine, was five. One day their mother took them to their aunt’s house to play while she herself went to a big city to buy some new clothes.
The children played for an hour, and then at half past four their aunt took Dick into the kitchen. She gave him a nice cake and a knife and said to him, “Now here’s a knife, Dick. Cut this cake in half and give one of the pieces to your sister, but remember to do it like a gentleman.”
“Like a gentleman?” Dick asked. “How does a gentleman do it?”
“He always gives the bigger piece to the other person,” answered his aunt at once.
“Oh,” said Dick. He thought about this for a few seconds. Then he took the cake to his sister and said to her, “Cut this cake in half, Catherine.”
像绅士一样
迪克七岁,他的妹妹凯瑟琳五岁。一天,妈妈把他们带到姨妈家去玩,她自己到大城市去买些新衣服。
孩子们玩了个把小时,在四点半的时候,姨妈领着迪克走进了厨房。她交给迪克一块精美的蛋糕和一把刀子,并对他说:“喏,迪克,给你刀子, 把这块蛋糕一分为二,给你妹妹一块。不过,你得记住要做得像个绅士一样。”
迪克问:“像个绅士?绅士怎样做呢?”
他姨妈马上回答说:“绅士总是把大的一块让给别人。”
迪克说了一声“噢”。他想了一会,然后,他把蛋糕拿给了妹妹,并对她说:“凯瑟琳,你来把这块蛋糕一分为二吧。”
The Diet
A woman was lamenting to her diet club that she had gained weight. She had made her family’s favorite cake over the weekend, she reported, and they’d eaten half of it at dinner.
The next day, she said, she kept staring at the other half, and then she cut a thin slice for herself. One slice led to another, and soon the whole cake was gone.
The woman went on to talk about how upset she was with her lack of willpower. As she sat in front of the now-empty cake plate, she was also concerned about how disappointed her husband would be when he found out what she had done.
Everyone commiserated with her. Then, someone asked what her husband said when he got home.
She smiled. “Oh, I solved that problem. He never found because I made another cake and ate half!”
节食
一位妇女向减肥俱乐部诉苦,说自己又胖了。她说她在周末为家人做了一块大家都爱吃的蛋糕,晚饭时蛋糕被吃掉了一半。
第二天,她一直盯着另一半,终于忍不住给自己切了一小块。吃了第一块就想吃第二块,不一会儿,蛋糕就被吃光了。
这位妇女接着说,她非常非常难过,因为她缺乏自制力。还说她坐在那里面对着空盘子,想到丈夫发现自己的所作所为之后,一定会很失望,不禁有点惴惴不安起来。
所有的人都对她表示同情。然后有人问她丈夫回到家后,到底说了什么。
她笑了笑。“噢,我已经把问题解决了。他一直都蒙在鼓里,因为我又做了一块蛋糕,吃了一半!”
It Isn’t Lost
Jim worked as a cabin-boy on a small steamer. One morning he broke a coffee-pot and threw it into the sea. When he brought in the breakfast for the captain, he said,“May I ask you a question, sir?”
“Of course, you may,” said the captain, “What is it?”
“Is a thing lost if you know where it is?” said Jim.
“Of course it isn’t,” said the captain.
“Then your coffee-pot isn’t lost, sir, because I know where it is,” said Jim with a smile.
“Where is it?” asked the captain.
“At the bottom of the sea,” said Jim.
没有丢失
吉姆在一艘汽船上当服务员。一天早晨,他打破了一把咖啡壶并随手把它扔到了海里。
当他把早饭端到船长面前时,他说:“先生,我可以问你一个问题吗?”
“当然可以,什么事啊?”船长说。
“如果一样东西你知道它在哪里,这算丢失了吗?”吉姆说。
“当然不算了。”船长回答。
“那好,你的咖啡壶并没有丢失,因为我知道它在哪儿。” 吉姆笑着说。
“它在哪儿?”船长问道。
“在海底。”吉姆回答道。