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您卻要住最便宜的房間。”“是的,”洛克菲勒說,“他的爸爸是個富翁,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。”

為鐘錶加油

上週六的晚上,電視上播放了一場足球賽,是西班牙隊對義大利隊。7點鐘,球賽剛一開始,我就坐到了電視機前。一個小時後,我的妻子也坐到了電視機旁。妻子在看球賽的時候一副心不在焉的樣子。當記時器顯示比賽還剩1分42秒時,她突然異常熱情起來,“加油,加油!”她從來都不是球迷,我吃驚地望著她,問她支援哪個球隊。“哪個也不支援,”她答道,“我在給鐘錶加油。”

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