A woman answered her front door and found two boys holding a list. "Lady," one of them explained, "we are on a treasure hunt, and we need three grains of wheat, a pork-chop bone and a piece of used carbon1 paper to earn a dollar. "
一个妇人打开前门,看到两个男孩手里拿着一张字条。“夫人,”其中一个解释道,“我们在寻宝。我们需要三颗麦粒、一块猪排骨、一张用过的复写纸来挣一美元。”
"Wow," the woman replied, "who sent you on such a challenging2 hunt?"
“哦,”那位妇女回答道:“谁让你们作这样富有挑战性的搜寻的?”
"Our baby-sitter's boyfriend. "
“是我们保姆的男朋友。”
1 carbon [ˈkɑ:bən] 第4级 | |
n.碳元素 | |
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2 challenging [ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ] 第4级 | |
adj.大胆的(复杂的,有前途的,挑战的);n.复杂(有前途,大胆,挑战) | |
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