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美甲奧運會

You must know the Olympic Games， but have you heard of “Olympic Games of fake nails”？ Some days ago， 354 top manicurists（美甲師）from 24 countries gathered in London to take part in the Nailympics——Olympic Games of fake nails.

搭建人塔

People in Spain like to build human towers during festivals. Usually there are six to ten layers（層） for a tower. Every layer has one to twenty people. Strong men are on the first layer and kids are on the top.

神奇打印機可以打印食物

People in Spain like to build human towers during festivals. Usually there are six to ten layers（層） for a tower. Every layer has one to twenty people. Strong men are on the first layer and kids are on the top.

守財奴

A Miser， to make sure of his property， sold all that he had had converted it into a great lump of gold， which he hid in a hole in the ground， and went continually to visit and inspect it. This roused the curiosity of one of his workmen， who， suspecting that there was a treasure， when his master's back was turned went to the spot and stole it away. When the Miser returned and found the place empty， he wept and tore his hair. But a neighbor who saw him in this extravagant（過分的） grief， and learned the cause of it， said: “Fret（使煩惱） yourself no longer， but take a stone and put it in the same place， and think that it is your lump of gold; for， as you never meant to use it， the one will do you as much gold as the other.”

譯文:

一個守財奴為了確保財產安全，將所有家當賣掉換成了一大塊金子，他把金子埋在一個地洞里，不時地去查看，這引起了他的一個雇工的好奇。雇工猜測那里肯定有寶貝，趁主人離開之際，他來到埋藏地點，把金子偷走了。守財奴回來發現金子不翼而飛，便痛哭流涕，亂撮頭發。一個鄰人問明緣由后說：“你也別太痛苦了，拿一塊石頭埋在原地，就當是那塊金子好了，因為既然你永遠不想用它，那么兩者不是一回事嗎？”

這篇故事的寓意是：金錢的價值不在于擁有，而在于使用。

父親在哪里

Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.

“Look.” said the elder brother， “How nice these paintings are!”

“Yes.” said the younger， “But in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. Where is the father？”

The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained，“Obviously he was painting the pictures.”

一切都正常

A young couple were becoming anxious（焦慮的） about their four-year-old son， who had not yet talked. They took him to specialists（專家）， but the doctors found nothing wrong with him. Then one morning at breakfast the boy suddenly blurted， “Mom， the toast is burned. ”

“You talked! You talked!” Shouted his mother， “I’m so happy! But why has it taken this long？”

“Well， up till now.” Said the boy， “Things have been okay.”

是他的錯

Billy and Bobby were small boys. They were brothers， and they often had fights with each other. Last Saturday their mother said to them， “I’m going to cook our lunch now. Go out and play in the garden and be good.”

“Yes， Mummy. ”the two boys answered， and they went out.

They played in the garden for half an hour， and then Billy ran into the kitchen. “Mummy.”he said， “Bobby’s broken a window in Mrs. Allen’s house. Mrs. Allen was one of our neighbors.”

“He’s a bad boy.” his mother said， “How did he break it？”

“I threw a stone at him，” Billy answered， “and he quickly moved down（蹲下）.”（本欄目由肖燕玲供稿）