honeycomb英语小故事(父亲与儿子)

2021年1月20日发(作者：flicker)
Daddy, may I please borrow $$10? A Good Boy Little Robert
asked
his
mother
for
two
cents.

did
you
do
with
the
money
I gave you yesterday?
answered.
are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old
woman?
小罗伯特向妈
妈要两分钱。

“昨天给你的钱干什么了？”

“我给了一个可怜的
老太婆，
”他回答说。

“你真是个好孩子，
”妈妈骄傲地说。
“再给
你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？”

“

她是个卖
糖果的。
”
A
man
came
home
from
work
late,
tired
and
irritated,
to
find
his
5-
year
old
son
waiting
for
him
at
the
door.
“Daddy,
may I
ask
you
a
question?” “Yeah sure,
what
is
it?” replied
the
man.
“Daddy,
how
much
do
you
make
an
hour?”
“That’s
none
of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?” the man said
angrily. I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you
make an hour?” pleaded the little boy. “If
you must know, I
make $$20 an hour.” “Oh,” the little boy replied, with his
head down. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I please borrow
$$10?” The father was furious, “If the only reason you asked
that
is
so
you
can
borrow
some
money
to
buy
a
silly
toy
or
some
other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room
and
go
to
bed.
Think
about
why
you
are
being
so
selfish.
I
work
hard every day for such childish behavior.” The little boy
quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down
and
sta
rted
to
get
even
angrier
about
the
little
boy’s
questions.
How
dare
he
ask
such
questions
only
to
get
some
money?
After
about
an
hour
or
so,
the
man
had
calmed
down,
and
started
to
think:
Maybe
there
was
something
he
really
needed
to
buy
with
that $$10 and
he really didn’t ask for money very often. The
man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the
door.
“Are
you
asleep,
son?”
He
asked.
No
daddy,
I’m
awake,”
replied the boy. “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard
on you earlier,” said the man, “It’s been a long day and I
took
out
my
aggravation
on
you.
Here’s
the
$$10you
asked
for.”
The
little
boy
sat
straight
up,
smiling.
“Oh,
thank
you
daddy!” He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled
out
some
crumpled
up
bills.
The
man,
seeing
that
the
boy
already
had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly
counted out his money, then looked up at his father. “Why do
you want more money if you already have some?” the father
grumbled.
“Because
I
didn’t
have
enough,
but
now
I
do,”
t
he
little boy replied. “Daddy, I have $$20 now. Can I buy an hour
of
your time? Please
come home
early tomorrow. I
would like
to
have dinner with you.
”

一名男子来到下班晚了，累了，恼怒，发