怎樣在火爐旁找個座位 在一個嚴寒的冬日,一位紳士來到了一家小客棧,發現火爐旁沒有空位了.於是,他讓旅店裡的馬倌去取些牡蠣來餵他的馬。 The Picture is Half Good and Half Bad An artist had painted a child holding a basket of fruit. A friend of his, who admired this picture, wishing to show its perfection, said to some persons who were examining it that the fruit appeared so natural that the birds came to peck at it. A countryman, who heard these praises, said: "If this fruit is as well represented as you say, it is not so with the child, since he does not frighten the birds."
毀譽摻半的畫 一位藝術家畫了張畫:一個孩子提著一籃水果.他的朋友很欣賞這幅畫,他很想告訴別人這畫的美妙之處,就對幾個正在細看畫的人說,畫中的水果畫得多麼逼真,連鳥都會來啄的. 一個村夫聽了這些讚美的話就說:"如果水果畫得真像你說的那樣好,那麼小孩就畫得不怎麼樣了,因為他沒有嚇住那些鳥." Heat and Cold A class of Physics at school. The teacher: "Now, who can tell me anything about heat?" A small boy held up his hand: "Heat makes things larger, Sir, and cold makes things smaller." “All right! ”Give an example." "In summer days are longer because it is hot, in winter they are shorter because it is cold." 熱和冷 學校裡正在上物理課.
A Girl Just Like Mother No matter which girl he brought home， the young man found disapproval from his mother． A friend gave him advice. |