给儿子寄钱
(2023-11-12 08:21:05)
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给儿子寄钱
鸭绒25(译)
2023年11月11日
一个大学生花光了钱。因此,他从学校里给母亲打电话,问她是否可以寄些钱给他。
“当然。我会给你寄的,亲爱的。”妈妈说,“对了。上个月你回来的时候,把微积分课本忘在家里了。你要我也把它寄给你吗?”
“嗯……哦。好的。那就寄吧,妈妈。”儿子回答。
于是,妈妈把书和支票一起打包封好。在出门去邮局寄包裹时,她吻别了孩子他爸。
她回来时,孩子他爸问:“那么,这次,你给他寄了多少钱?”
“我写了两张支票。一张20美元,另一张1000美元。”妈妈回答。
“你疯了吗?”爸爸惊呼道,“那就是1020美元哪!”
“别担心。”妈妈一边吻了吻孩子他爸的额头,一边平静地说,“我把20美元的支票贴在他书的封面上。不过,那张1000美元的支票,我把它插到了第19章的书页之间!”
原文: Money Needed
A student had spent all his money,so he called his mother from college and asked if she could send him some。
“Of course。I'll send you some money,dear。”Mom said,“By the way,you left your calculus book here when you visited last month。Would you like me to send that to you too?”
“Ummmmm,oh yeah。OK Mom。”the boy replied。
So,Mom wrapped the book,together with the checks,kissed Dad goodbye and went to the post office to mail the parcel。
When she returned,Dad asked:“So,how much did you send him this time?”
“I wrote two checks,one for $20,and the other for $1000。”Mom replied。
“Have you lost your mind?”Dad exclaimed,“That's $1020!”
“Not to worry。”Mom said calmly,as she kissed the top of Dad's head,“I taped the $20 check to the cover of his book,but I put the $1000 check somewhere between the pages in Chapter 19!”