Gerald," asked the teacher, "what is the shape of the earth?"

"It's round," answered Gerald.

"How do you know it's round?" continued the teacher. "All right, it's square then," he replied, " I really don't feel like getting into an argument¹ about it!"

“杰拉尔德，”老师说，“地球是什么形状的？”

“是圆形的，”杰拉尔德回答。

“你怎么知道是圆的？”老师继续问。

“好，那就是方的吧，”他回答说。“我真的不想和您争论这件事！”