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[摘要]1．A shrewd guess 准确的猜测While taking the 1993 census, I called on a woman who ref...

1．A shrewd guess 准确的猜测While taking the 1993 census, I called on a woman who refused to state her age.
I told her I was permitted to make an estimate. "I guess 85 is about right," I said and ptended to write on the form.
"Don't you dare!" she snapped. "I'm only 68."
在做1993年人口普查时，我碰到了一位拒绝说出自己年龄的女士。
我告诉她我有权作出判断。“我认为你是85岁，这没错吧。”我边说边假装往表格上写。
她急了，说道：“你敢，我才68岁。”

2．Keys？ Kiss？钥匙还是接吻A friend of mine was giving an english lesson to a class of adult who had recently come to live in the united states. after placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table, he asked various members of the class to give him the ruler, the book, the pen and so on. the class went very smoothly and the students seemed interested and serious about the work that they were engaged in until when my friend turned to an italian student and said, "give me the kays." the man looked surprised and somewhat at a loss. seeing this, my friend thought that the student hadn't heard him clearly, so he repeated. "give me the kays." the italian shrugged his shoulders. then, he threw his arms around the teacher's neck and kissed him on both ch

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