This students in the composition class were assigned the task of writing essay on "the most beautiful thing I ever saw."The student who,of all the members of the class, seemed the least sensitive to beauty, handed in his paper first with astonishing speed. It was short and to the point. He had written:
"The most beautiful thing I ever saw was too beautiful for words."
老师:(对一个新生说)小朋友,你叫什么名字?
新生:艾博特·艾瑞斯。
老师:请你跟老师说话时要叫“先生”,这样比较有礼貌。
新生:(有点抱歉地)我叫艾博特·艾瑞斯先生。
Teacher:(to a new boy)What' your name, my little fellow?
New boy: Erbert Arris.
Teacher:Always say "sir" please, when you are speaking to master. It's more polite.
New boy:(apologetically)Sir Erbert Arris.
老师:简,什么叫抽象名词?
简:我不知道,老师。
老师:什么,你不知道!抽象名词就是可以想像,但是无法摸到的东西的名称。好,给我举一个例子。
简:一支烧得通红的火钳,老师。
Teacher:What's an abstract noun,Jane?
Jane:I don't know,madam.
Teacher:What,you don't know!Well.It's the name of a thing which you can think of but cannot touck.Now,give me an example.