Nest and Hair
My sister, a primary school teacher, was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom. "What kind of bird?" my sister asked. "I didn't see the bird, ma' am, only the nest," replied the child. "Then, can you give us a description of the nest?" my sister encouraged her . "Well, ma'am, it just resembles your hair. "
Notes: (1) inform v.告訴 (2) nest n.窩;巢 (3) description n.描述 (4) encourage v.鼓勵 (5) resemble v. 相似;類似 翻譯：鳥窩與頭髮我姐姐是一位小學老師。一次一個學生告訴她說一隻鳥兒在教室外 的樹上壘了個窩。 “是什麼鳥呢?”我姐姐問她。 “我沒看到鳥兒，老師，只看到鳥窩。”那孩子回答說。 “那麼，你能給我們描述一下這個鳥巢嗎?”我姐姐鼓勵她道。 “哦，老師，就像你的頭髮一樣。”
英文：
Once two hunters went hunting in the forest. One of them suddenly fell down by accident. He showed the whites of his eyes and seemed to have ceased breathing. The other hunter soon took out his mobile phone to call the emergency center for help. The operator said calmly:"First, you should make sure that he is already dead." Then the operator heard a gunshot from the other end of the phone and next he heard the hunter asking:"What should I do next?"
譯文：
兩個獵人進森林裏打獵，其中一個獵人不慎跌倒，兩眼翻白，似已停止呼吸。另一個獵人趕緊拿出手機撥通緊急求助電話。接線員沉着地說：“第一步，要先確定你的朋友已經死亡。”於是，接線員在電話裏聽到一聲槍響，然後聽到那獵人接着問：“第二步怎辦?”