A Poor Man一个穷人
Looking very unhappy, a poor man entered a doctor's consulting-room.
一个看起来很难受的穷人走进大夫的诊室。
"Doctor," he said, "you must help me. I swallowed a penny about a month ago."
"大夫!"他说,"帮帮我!一个月前我吞了一分硬币!"
"Good heavens, man!" said the doctor. "Why have you waited so long? Why don't you come to me on the day you swallowed it?"
"天哪,"大夫说,"早干嘛去了?你当时怎么不来看?"
"To tell you the truth, Doctor," the poor man replied, "I didn't need the money so badly then."
"实话告诉您吧,大夫,"穷人说,"我当时还不缺钱!"
词义解析:
1.enter:进入
2.consulting:咨询的
3.swallow:吞咽
4.penny:便士
词组解析:
1.good heavens:天哪
2.tell sb. the truth:告诉某人真相