The dumbest kid in the world

文／康鶴彪

同學們，你看到“The dumbest kid in the world”這個標題時，想到了什么？閱讀下面的英語小短文，看看到底是誰最傻。

A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer,“This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.”

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks,“Which do you want, son?”The boy takes the quarters and leaves.

“What did I tell you?”said the barber.“That kid never learns!”

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store.

“Hey,son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?”

The boy licked his cone①and replied,“Be?cause the day I take the dollar, the game is over!”

Notes：

①cone n.圓錐體，圓錐形東西，球果

參考例句：

1.Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.（鋸屑堆積如山。）

2.The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.（警察用錐形路標把部分路面分隔開來。）

同學們，如果你不能完全明白，不要緊，對照中文翻譯，再看一看吧！

天底下最傻的孩子

一個小男孩走進一家理發店，這時，理發師悄悄對顧客說：“這是天底下最傻的孩子，我來證明給你看。”

理發師在一只手上放了一美元，另一只手上放了兩個25 美分的硬幣，然后把男孩叫過來，問道：“孩子，你想要哪個？”男孩拿走了兩個25美分的硬幣，然后離開了。

理發師說道：“瞧我剛剛給你說了啥？這孩子從不會吸取教訓。”

過了一會，顧客離開的時候，他看到那個男孩從冰淇淋店走了出來。“哎，孩子，我能問你個問題嗎？你為什么拿走美分硬幣而不是美元？”

男孩舔了舔冰淇淋，然后答道：“因為等我拿走了美元，這個游戲就結束了。”

怎么樣？看完文章，知道誰最傻了吧！