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What should they get?

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Mrs. Applebee, the 6th grade teacher, posed¹ the following problem to one of her classes:

"A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity. Now, what does each get?"

After a very long silence in the classroom, Little Johnny raised his hand.

The teacher called on Little Johnny for his answer.

With complete sincerity² in his voice, Little Johnny answered, "A lawyer!"

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1 posed
使摆姿势( pose的过去式和过去分词 )；以…身份出现；招摇；炫耀
参考例句：
The players strutted and posed for the cameras. 运动员昂首阔步，摆好姿势让记者拍照。 After the wedding we all posed for a photograph. 婚礼之后，我们全体排好拍了一张照片。

2 sincerity
n.真诚，诚意；真实
参考例句：
His sincerity added much more authority to the story.他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。 He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity.他竭力让我了解他的诚意。

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