英漢幽默故事選讀【52】
Not Here
Kathy and Polly were friends but they liked playing tricks on each other
One day Kathy met Polly in the street. She said, "Hi, Polly. It's good to see you."
"How can you see me when I'm not here?" Polly asked.
"What do you mean, you' re not here?" Kathy asked. "Of course you 're here."
"No, I'm not." Polly said. "and I'll bet you ten dollars that I can prove I'm not here."
"Alright," said Kathy. "Ten dollars. Now prove you' re not here ."
"Easy," Polly said, "Am I in Hong Kong?"
"No," said Kathy.
"Am I in Paris?"
"No," said Kathy.
"If I'm not in Hong Kong and I'm not in Paris," Polly said, " then I must be somewhere else. Right?"
"Right," said Kathy. "You must be somewhere else."
"Exactly." said Polly. "And if I'm somewhere else I can't be here, can I? Ten dollars, please. "
"That's very clever, Polly," Kathy said, "but I can't give you ten dollars."
"Why not?" asked Polly. "We had a bet.
"Certainly we had a bet," Kathy said, "but how can I give you ten dollars if you're not here?"
And with a laugh she walked away.
Notes:
（1） trick n.惡作劇
（2） play a trick on sb.開玩笑；戲謔某人
（3） prove v.證明
（4） Hong Kong香港
（5） Paris巴黎（法國首都）
Exercises:
根據短文選擇正確答案：
① Where did Polly and Kathy meet?
A. at school
B. on the train
C. in the playground
D. in the street
② Polly wanted to______ .
A. be friends with Kathy
B. bet on Kathy
C. make a bet with Kathy
D. give Kathy some money
③ What did Polly say she could do?
A. prove she wasn't there.
B. give Kathy ten dollars.
C. 90 to Paris.
D. prove she was in Hong Kong.
④ What did Kathy do?
A. She gave Polly ten dollars.
B. She proved she couldn't give Polly the money.
C. She was angry with Polly.
D. She refused the bet.
⑤ So from the story we can know _____.
A. Polly is very clever
B. Kathy is very clever
C. neither of them is very clever
D. both of them are very clever
不在這里
凱斯和波麗是朋友，但她們總愛開對方的玩笑。
一天凱斯在街上遇見了波麗。她說，“喂、波麗，很高興見到你。”
“我不在這里，你怎能看到我呢？”波麗說。
“你說你不在這里，這是什么意思？”凱斯問，“當然，你在這里。”
“不，我不在這里。”波麗說，“我將和你打10美元的賭，賭我能證明我不在這里。”
“行，”凱斯說，“10美元。現在證明你不在這里吧。”
“這很容易，”波麗說，“我在香港嗎？”
“不在，”凱斯說。
“我在巴黎吧？”
“如果我既不在香港也不在巴黎，”波麗說，“那我一定在別的地方。對不對？”
“對，”凱斯說，“你一定在別處。”
“確實如此，”波麗說，“既然我在別處，那我一定不在這里，不是嗎？請給10美元吧。”
“真聰明，波麗。”凱斯說，“但我不能給你10美元。”
“為什么不給？”波麗問，“我們打過賭的。”
“不錯，我們打過賭。”凱斯說，“但既然你不在這里，我怎么能給你10美元呢？”
說完她笑著離開了。
練習參考答案：
①D②C③A④B⑤D
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