7月29日英语故事：To Buy an Hour from Father
:qq71][b]read the story carefully and then translate the phrases which are marked in red [/b][b]or write down what you get from the story to gain the score.[/b][b] 试着翻译红色的部分或者发表自己的看法.[/b]A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”
“Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man.
“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”
“That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?”the man said angrily. “ I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy.
“If you must know, I mak $20 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “ Daddy, may I please borrow $10?”
The father was furious, “[color=Red]① If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. [/color]Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childlish behaviour.”
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down,and started to think, maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often.
The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.
“Are you sleep, son?” he asked.
“No, daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy.
“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man, “it’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here the $10 you asked for.”
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. “ Oh,thank you daddy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.
“Why do you want more money if you already have some?” the father grumbled.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied. “[color=Red]② Daddy, I have $20now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.[/color]”
**** Hidden Message ***** 1.如果你想向我借钱的唯一理由是想去买那些愚蠢的玩具或其他无聊东西的话，那你就直接给我回房间，躺到床上去！
2.爸爸，我现在有20块钱了，我能买你一小时的时间吗？明天你能早点回家，我想和你一起吃完饭。 如果你问的唯一理由是你可以借钱买无聊的玩具或其他没用的东西，那么你赶紧回你的房间睡觉去。
爸爸，我现在有20块钱了，我能买你一小时的时间吗？明天你能早点回家，我想和你一起吃完饭。 如果你只是为了买一些愚蠢的玩具或者其他毫无意义的东西而向我借钱的话，你现在立马给我站起来回到自己的房间睡觉。
爸爸，我现在有20美元啦，我可以买你一小时吗？那样的话你明天可以早点回家，我想和你吃晚饭。
I've seen the story before.Most parents don't think children are considerable, actually,little boys and girls will grow up unconsciously and surprise them some day. :) [b] [url=http://bbs.tingroom.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=165299&ptid=71122]4#[/url] [i]greysky_mm[/i] [/b] 1、如果你借钱的唯一原因就是去买一些愚蠢的玩具或者无用的东西，那么你趁早回家睡觉去。
2、爸爸，我现在有20美元，我能买你一小时时间吗？你明天早点回来，我要和你一起吃晚饭。
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