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您却要住最便宜的房间。”“是的,”洛克菲勒说,“他的爸爸是个富翁,可我的爸爸不是。”
My Father Isn’t as Rich as His
This is a story about the well…known millionaire; John D。 Rockefeller; and was told by a friend of his。
This friend said that though Rockefeller gave away millions; he was very mean about small sums of money。 One day he went to stay at a hotel in New York and asked for the cheapest room they had。 Rockefeller said;“What is the price of the room?” The manager told him。
“Is that the lowest priced room you have? I am staying here by myself and only need a small room。”
The manager said; “that room is the smallest and cheapest we have;” and added; “But why do you choose a poor room like that? When your son stays here he always has our most expensive room; yours is our cheapest。”“Yes;”said Rockefeller; “but his father is a wealthy man; mine isn’t。”
为钟表加油
上周六的晚上,电视上播放了一场足球赛,是西班牙队对意大利队。7点钟,球赛刚一开始,我就坐到了电视机前。一个小时后,我的妻子也坐到了电视机旁。妻子在看球赛的时候一副心不在焉的样子。当记时器显示比赛还剩1分42秒时,她突然异常热情起来,“加油,加油!”她从来都不是球迷,我吃惊地望着她,问她支持哪个球队。“哪个也不支持,”她答道,“我在给钟表加油。”
I’m Cheering the Clock on
There was a football game on TV last Saturday evening。 The game was between a Spanish team and an Italian team。 I sat in front of the TV at 7 o’clock; when the game just began。 An hour later; my wife came to join me。 She seemed to be absent…minded while she was watching the game。 As the time clock showed one minute; forty…two seconds left in the game; she began cheering enthusiastically; “e on—get going!” Since she had never been a football fan; I looked at her in surprise and asked which team she was cheering for。 “Neither;” she replied。 “I’m cheering the time clock on。”
聪明人生 第一章(3)
老人智慧的迸发
爷爷在83岁的时候,第一次住进了医院。“这是干什么用的?”他抓起系在枕头旁边的呼叫铃的绳子问道。
“那是拉铃用的,爷爷。”我回答说。