(一)Adogownerclaimedthathispet,whengivenmoney,wouldgotothenewsstalltobuyapaper.Hisfriendinsistedonademonstrationandhandedthedogsomemoney-Thedogtrottedoff,butanhourlaterhehadstillnotreturnedwiththepaper.
"Howmuchdidyougivehim?"askedtheowner.
"Fivedollars."
"Well,thatexplainsit.Whenyougivehimfivedollars,hegoestoamovie."
一位养狗人宣称:要是给了爱犬钱,它便会到报亭买份报纸来.他的朋友坚持要来做个演示,并给了狗一些钱.狗一溜小跑着去了.但一个小时过去了,仍不见它带报纸回来.
“你给了它多少钱?”狗的主人问.
“五元.”
“这就是了.你给它五元钱时,它就去看电影.”
(二):
AfriendofminewasgivinganEnglishlessontoaclassofadultwhohadrecentlycometoliveintheUnitedStates.
Afterplacingquiteanumberofeverydayobjectsonatable,heaskedvariousmembersoftheclasstogivehimtheruler,thebook,thepenandsoon.TheclasswentverysmoothlyandthestudentsseemedinterestedandseriousabouttheworkthattheywereengagedinuntilwhenmyfriendturnedtoanItalianstudentandsaid,"Givemethekays."
Themanlookedsurprisedandsomewhatataloss.Seeingthis,myfriendthoughtthatthestudenthadn'theardhimclearly,soherepeated."Givemethekays."TheItalianshruggedhisshoulders.Then,hethrewhisarmsaroundtheteacher'sneckandkissedhimonbothcheeks.
我的一位朋友在给一个成人学生班级上英语课.他们都是新近来美国生活的.
在一张桌子上摆了许多日常用品之后,他请全班同学给他挑出尺子,书本,钢笔等.课进行得井然有序,学生们对自己所做的似乎很感兴趣,也很认真.后来轮到一名来自意大利的学生,我的朋友说:“给我钥匙.”
那人看起来非常吃惊,也有点手足无措.看到这种情况,我的朋友想是他没有听清楚,于是又重复了一遍:“给我钥匙.”那位意大利学生耸了耸肩.接着,他伸出胳膊搂住老师的脖子在双颊上亲了两下
(三)
Takebackwhathesaid
StudentA:IftheDeandoesn’ttakebackwhathesaidtomethismorning,Iamgoingtoleavecollege.
StudentB:Whatdidhesay?
StudentA:Hetoldmetoleavecollege.
大学生甲:如果院长不收回今早对我说的话,那我就退学.
大学生乙:院长说的什么话?
大学生甲:他要我退学.
够了吧!

A:Excuseme.couldyoupleasetellmehowtogettothebusstation?B:er...youmean...whichbusstation?.A:Thenearestbusstationfromhere.B:ok,letmesee...firstgostraightalongthissreetthenturnleft...A;Pleasewaitaminute,iwouldliketowritedown.B:Okay,OkayA:Yeah,firstgostraightalongthissreetthenturnleftand...B:turnleftatthecrossthengostraightuntilyouseetheFUWANJIAMarketthenturnright.A:er...FUWANJIAMarket?B:yes,thengoaheadabout50milesyouwillseethebusstationisonyourright.A:oh,Thereitis.Itisnearerthanthatithink.B:Yeah,areyouclear?A:veryclear.A:Thankyoualot.youaresokind.B:itismypleasuretohelpyou.