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双语笑话（二）
作者：范开君
An Exact Number
A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bones lying about.
“How old are these bones?”the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide.
“Exactly one hundred million and three years old.”
“How can you be so sure?” inquired the tourist.
“Well,” replied the guide,“a geologist came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago.”
Notes:
(1) New Mexico 新墨西哥（美国州名）
(2) be amazed at 对……感到惊诧
(3) dinosaur恐龙（已绝迹的巨大爬行动物）
一位游客在新墨西哥游览。他对随处可见的恐龙化石甚感惊奇。
“这些化石有多长的历史？”游客问一个上了年纪的当地美国人。他是作向导的。
“整整十亿零三年了。”
“你怎么这么肯定？”游客问道。
“哦，”向导回答道，“一个地质学家来过这儿，他告诉我说这些化石有十亿年了，再加上那是整整三年前的事了。”
新老师
The New Teacher
George comes from school on the first of September.
“George, how did you like your new teacher?”asked his mother.
“I didn’t like her, Mother, because she said that three and three were six and then she said that two and four were six too……”
9月1日，乔治放学回到家里。
“乔治，你喜欢你们的新老师吗？”妈妈问。
“妈妈，我不喜欢，因为她说3加3得6，可后来又说2加4也得6。”