Four girls went to school every day by taxi.

四个女孩每天坐出租车去上学。

One day one of the girls said,"There's a test this morning.Let's get to school late.Then we won't have to take the test."

一天其中一个女孩说：“今天早上有个测验。让我们晚点去学校。那样我们就不用参加测验了。”

"What can we tell the teacher?"one of the girls said."He'll be angry.We'll need a good excuse."

另一个女孩说：“那我们应该怎么和老师说哪？老师会生气的。我们需要一个好的借口。”

The girls thought for several moments,then one of them said,"Let's tell him that our taxi had a flat tire."

女孩们想了一段时间，然后其中一个说：“我们就和他说我们的出租车轮胎漏气了。”

"That's a good idea,"the other girls said."We'll tell him that."

另一个女孩说：“那是个好主意。我们就这样告诉他。”

They arrived at school an hour later.The test was finished.

她们晚了一个小时到达学校。测验已经结束了。

"Why are you late?'the teacher asked."You missed the test."

老师问“为什么迟到了？你们错过了测验”

"Our taxi had a flat tire,"one of the girls said.

一个女孩说：“我们的出租车轮胎漏气了。”

The teacher thought for a moment,then he said,"Sit down,one of you in each corner of the room."

老师想了想，然后说“你们每个人坐到房间的一角。”

The four girls did this.

四个女孩按照要求做了。

Then the teacher said,"Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question:Which tire was flat?"

然后老师说：“把哪个轮胎漏气的答案写在纸上。”

 

文章出处--妙语短篇A1-Lesson 1