尼克：見過，老師，經常見。就在昨天夜裡我還見過呢。
老師：你給大家講講當時的情形吧。
尼克：扮，對不起，老師。我爸爸常說，“家醜不可外揚”。
Saving a
dollar
Johnny：Papa，would
you be
glad if I
saved a
dollar for
you？
Papa：Naturally，my
son.
Johnny：Well，I
have saved
one dollar
for you.
You said
that if I
brought a
good mark
this
week，you
would give
me a
dollar and
I haven't
brought
one. 省下一美元
約翰尼：爸爸，如果我為你省下一美元，你高興不？
爸爸：當然啦，孩子！
約翰尼：那好，我省下一美元了。你說過我這個禮拜考出好成績，就會給我一美元。我沒考好！
Jim's
history
examination
Aunt：How
did Jim do
his
history
examination？
Mother：Oh，not
at all
well，but
there，it
wasn't his
fault.
Why，they
asked him
things
that
