好尴尬给哥哥
no time to take it off
dick wearing a pair of new trousers went together with his father to his aunt's house.at the sight of the boy's new trousers,his aunt admired very much and kissed him favorably.in front of the boy, there were many nice cakes and chocolates.his cousin also took out all his toys and played with him.the boy enjoyed a good day there.
while he went back home with his father, he was so joyful that he sang and danced along the way home. suddenly he slipped and fell into the mud and his trousers got very dirty.
when he got home, his mother saw his dirty trousers and said:
"oh,what a mess! this is not the first time you come home like that , and this time you are wearing your new trousers!"
"i am sorry,mum,"said dick."but i had no time to take my new trousers off when i fell down."
A schoolteacher used to take a short nap every afternoon.
有一位老师每个下午都要打一下盹儿。
When his pupils asked him why he did so, he said that he went to dreamland to meet ancient sages.
当他的学生问他是怎么回事时，他回答说他到梦境中去见古代的圣人了。
One extremely hot day some of his pupils fell asleep in the classroom. When the school-teacher chided them, they said, "We went to meet the sages in dreamland."
有一天，天气很热，有几个学生在教室里睡着了。当这位老师斥责他们的时候，他们说：“我们去梦里见圣人了。”
"What did they say?" demanded the teacher.
“他们说什么了？”老师问到。
"We asked them if a school- teacher came there every afternoon, but they said they had seen no such person."
“我们问他们是不是每天下午都有一个老师去他们那儿，但是他们说没见过这个人。”
