Squiffed Neighborhood¹ Bar²

In England nobody³ under the age of eighteen is allowed⁴ to drink in a public⁵ bar. One day, Mr. Thompson and his son who had⁶ his eighteenth⁷ birthday go to a public bar.

英格兰，不满18岁是不允许到酒馆喝酒的，一天汤普森在他儿子18岁生日那天，带着他去了酒馆。

A: You are so strict⁸ that you never took⁹ me here before, Daddy.

爸爸，你太严格了，以前你从不带我来这里。

B: Because you were not old enough.

因为你还不够大。

A: I see.

我知道。

（After half an hour.半小时以后。）

B: Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful¹⁰ lesson. You must always be careful not to drink too much.

汤姆，现在我给你上一课。你必须注意永远不要喝得过多。

A: Can I know when I have had enough?

我怎么才能知道我喝够了呢？

B: Well, I'll tell you. Do you see those two lights at the end of the bar? When they seem¹¹ to have become four, you've had enough and should go home.

听着，你看见酒馆那头的两盏灯了吗？当那儿的灯变成四盏的时候，你就喝够了，该回家了。

A: But Dad, I can only see one light at the end of the bar.

可是，爸爸，我只看见那儿有一盏灯呀。