Questions:
1.Why is the sweating boy sitting in the sun?
那个男孩子大汗淋漓为什么还坐在太阳下面?
2.Upon leaving the Cafe,one boy paid his bill,..
while his friend handed the cashier a slip of pa
per with the number 1004180 on it.The Cashier
smiled and let him pass without paying. Why?..
离开咖啡屋的时候,一个男孩付了帐,他的朋友
却递给收银员一张纸条,上面写着一串数字
1004180,收银员笑了笑,让他不付钱通过了。奥
妙何在?
Keys:
1.For sundry1 reasons...
有很多不同的原因。
2.1004180 means“I owe nothing; for I ate nothing.”1004180
意思是:“我什么没吃,所以不欠什么。”
Notes:
1.Sundry/'s)ndri:/adj.各种各样的,形似sundried 晒太阳晒干(身上的汗水)
2.cashier/k$>M!+/n.收银员
1004180 读作“I O nothing four I eight nothing”,
意思是“I owe nothing for I ate nothing”.