Questions：

1．If you had ten apples and ate eight，how many would you
have？

如果你有十个苹果，吃了八个，还有几个？

2．Why did the ex-chauffeur lie under the mule¹？

从前做过私人司机的那个人干嘛躺在骡子下面？

3．Why is Jim praying² Chicago to be made capital of New
Jersey？

吉姆为何祈祷芝加哥变成新泽西州的首府？

Keys：

1．Ten． Two outside and eight inside．..
十个。两个在外面，八个在里面。
2．To see why the mule didn’t go．..
看看骡子为什么不走？
3．That’s the answer he gave on his Geography paper.
他在地理试卷上这样写的。

Notes：

2．chauffeur/>M+uf+/ n．私人雇佣的汽车司机ex-加在某些名词前相当
于中文的“前.”，eg ex-wife（前妻），ex-president（前总统），
ex-cop（前任警官），etc．