讀點好英文:To Buy an Hour from Father　向爸爸買一個小時

To Buy an Hour from Father　向爸爸買一個小時

·Samuel·

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?”pIeaded the little boy.

“If you must know, I make$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，“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. Think about why you are being so selfish.I work hard everyday for this childish behavior.”

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 asleep, 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 is the$10 you asked for.”

The little boy sat straight up, smiling.“Oh, thank you, daddy！”he yeIIed. 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 grumbIed.

“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.”the little boy replied.“Daddy, I have$20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?Please come home early tomorrow.I would like to have dinner with you.”

塞繆爾

男人帶著一身的疲倦，惱火地回到家。這時天色已晚，他發(fā)現(xiàn)5歲的兒子在門口等著他。

“爸爸，可以問你個問題嗎？”

“當然可以，想問什么？”男人答道。

“你一小時能賺多少錢？”

“這不關(guān)你的事。為什么問這個？”男人生氣了。“我只是想知道。請你告訴我，你一小時賺多少錢？”小男孩哀求道。

“如果非要知道的話，告訴你，我一小時賺20美元?！?/p>

“哦，”小男孩的頭低下了，然后又抬起來，說：“爸爸，我可以向你借10美元嗎？”

男人暴怒：“如果你問這個問題只是為了借錢買個愚蠢的玩具或一堆廢品，那你趁早滾回房間睡覺去。好好想想你這種自私的行為！我每天辛辛苦苦地工作，難道就是為了你這種幼稚的行為嗎？”

小男孩默默地回到房里，關(guān)上門。這時男人坐下來，想到剛才的提問，感到更加惱怒。為什么他為了借錢敢問出這種問題？大約一小時后，男人平靜下來，開始想：或許他真的需要10美元買東西呢？他可是很少開口要錢的。

男人走到小男孩房門前，打開了門。

“睡了嗎，兒子？”男人問道。

“沒有呢，爸爸?！蹦泻⒋鸬?。

“我一直在想，可能我剛才對你太過分了?！蹦腥苏f，“爸爸工作一天太累了，所以把火都發(fā)在你身上了。這是你要的10美元。”

小男孩頓時開心地坐了起來，興奮地叫道：“謝謝，老爸！”然后，他把手伸到枕頭底下，摸出一沓皺巴巴的鈔票。男人看到男孩手里攥著一把錢，又生氣了。小男孩慢慢地數(shù)著錢，然后抬頭望著父親。

“你自己有錢，為什么還跟我要錢？”父親抱怨道。

“因為我的錢不夠，但現(xiàn)在夠了?！毙∧泻⒋鸬?，“爸爸，我現(xiàn)在有20美元。我能向您買一小時的時間嗎？明天請早點回家，我想和您一起吃晚飯。”

Practising&Exercise　實戰(zhàn)提升篇

核心單詞

irritate['iriteit]v.使惱怒；使煩躁

pIead[pli：d]v.辯護；以……為理由；懇求

furious['fju?ri?s]adj.狂怒的；強烈的

march[ma：t?]n./v.行進；行軍；行程

yeII[jel]v.叫喊；吼叫

grumbIe['gr?mbl]v.抱怨，發(fā)牢騷

實用句型

The man, seeing that the boy aIready had money, started to get angry again.

男人看到男孩手里攥著一把錢，又生氣了。

①現(xiàn)在分詞seeing在這里做狀語。

②start開始。另外還有start up突然出現(xiàn)；start off出發(fā)，開始。

翻譯練習

1.你認為那部影片怎么樣？（think about）

2.剛才哭鬧的小孩一會兒就安靜下來了。（calm down）

3.門口有一位老人找你。（ask for）