英漢幽默故事選讀【18】
Nest and Hair
My sister, a primary school teacher, was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom.
"What kind of bird?" my sister asked.
"I didn't see the bird, ma' am, only the nest," replied the child.
"Then, can you give us a description of the nest?" my sister encouraged her .
"Well, ma'am, it just resembles your hair. "
Notes:
（1） inform v.告訴
（2） nest n.窩；巢
（3） description n.描述
（4） encourage v.鼓勵
（5） resemble v. 相似；類似
Exercises:
根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：
① The teacher was told by a boy student that a bird had built a nest in the tree outside the classroom.
② The teacher was greatly surprised when she heard the news.
③ The child told the teacher where the bird had gone.
④ The teacher wanted to seize the chance to get the child to learn how to describe a thing.
（5） The child did give a vivid description.
鳥窩與頭發
我姐姐是一位小學老師。一次一個學生告訴她說一只鳥兒在教室外的樹上壘了個窩。
“是什么鳥呢？”我姐姐問她。
“我沒看到鳥兒，老師，只看到鳥窩。”那孩子回答說。
“那么，你能給我們描述一下這個鳥巢嗎？”我姐姐鼓勵她道。
“哦，老師，就像你的頭發一樣。”
練習參考答案：
①F②F③F④T⑤T
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