報亭軼事英語口語練習

學好英語口語：報亭軼事

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May: Come back. You haven't paid yet.

Boss: May, just let him go.

May: But he took some newspaper away without paying.

Boss: I know.

May: Why? You make me confused.

Boss: He lives nearby and he would just glance at the newspaper headlines, read the political sections and return them later.

May: Why does he have such a privilege?

Boss: He used to be a hero during the war time and everyone respect him.

May: I see. Does he live by himself?

Boss: Yes, he has no children and his wife passed away when he was in the battle.

May: He must be lonely?

Boss: I bet. But he is always busy telling the children stories.

May: How respectable!

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阿美：請回來。你還沒有付錢呢?

老闆：阿美，讓他走吧。

阿美：但是他沒有付錢就把報紙拿走了。

老闆：我知道。

阿美：為什麼?你把我弄糊塗了。

老闆：他住在附近，他只是瀏覽一下報紙的大標題，等一下就會把報紙還回來的。

阿美：為什麼他有這種特權呢?

老闆：戰爭時期他曾經是個英雄，這裏的人都尊敬他。

阿美：知道了，他一個人住嗎?

老闆：是的'，他沒有孩子，他的妻子也在戰爭時期去世了。

阿美：他一定很孤獨了?

老闆：我猜是的。但是他總是忙着給孩子們講故事。

阿美：真是可敬!