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There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot. There werethree parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one, $10,000; and the third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner, "How come this guy is $5,000? That's so expensive for this kindof parrot." The owner said, "Because I have trained him and he can talk." So the customer asked him, "How about this guy? What can he do that makes him so expensive?" The owner said, "Well, apart from talking, he can also do some amusing1 actions, like dancing and so on. That's why he's so expensive." Then the customer said, "How about the third one? What canhe do that makes him so expensive?" The owner of the shopsaid, "I don’t know. Normally2, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him 'The Boss.'"
有個人到一間商店買鸚鵡。店裡有三隻鸚鵡，其中一隻賣五千元，另一隻賣一萬元，還有一隻賣三萬元。顧客問老闆：“為什麼這隻要賣五千元？這個價錢對這種鸚鵡來說太貴了！”老闆說：“因為我有訓練他講話。”顧客又問：“那這隻呢？他會做什麼？為什麼要賣這麼貴？”老闆說：“他除了會說話之外，還會表演一些有趣的動作，好比說跳舞等等，所以才賣這麼貴。”顧客接著又問：“那第三隻呢？他會做什麼？為什麼要賣這麼貴？老闆說：“我不知道。我從沒聽過他講話、吹口哨或唱歌，也沒看過他跳舞，什麼都沒有！不過另外兩隻叫他：“‘老闆！’”
篇二：The fox and the lion 狐狸與獅子When the fox first saw1 the lion he was2 terribly3 frightened4. He ran5 away, and hid6 himself7 in the woods.
The second time, however8, he came9 near the lion. He stopped at a safe distance10, and watched him pass by.
The third time they came near one fox went straight11 up to the lion, and stayed the whole12 day with him. He asked the lion how his family was, and when they would13meet again.
They soon became14 good friends.
狐狸第一次見到獅子時非常害怕，趕緊藏到森林裡。
當他第二次遇到獅子時，則站在附近看獅子經過。
第三次遇到獅子時，他竟有膽量，走了上去，與獅子進行十分親切的談話。
不久，他們變成了好朋友。
