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第51章 林赛·罗韩和帕里斯·希尔顿打赌

Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are watching the 6 o'clock news.The news is about a man getting ready to jump off a bridge.Lindsay turns to the Paris and says,“I bet you$50 the man is going to jump.”

Paris replies,“Okay,you're on.”

Sure enough,the man jumps,and Paris Hilton gives the Lindsay Lohan$50.Lindsay says,“I can't accept the money.I watched the 5 o'clock news and saw the man jump then.”

“No,you have to take it.”says Paris.“I watched the 5 o'clock news too,but I didn't think he would do it again.”

林赛·罗韩和帕里斯·希尔顿一起看6点钟的新闻。新闻中,一个人想从桥上跳下去。林赛对帕里斯说:“我赌50美元这个人会跳下去。”

帕里斯回答:“好的,赌吧。”

当然,这个人最后跳了下去,帕里斯·希尔顿给了林赛·罗韩50美元。但是林赛说:“我不能收这钱,我看了5点钟的新闻,那人的确跳下去了。”

“不,你必须接受。”帕里斯说,“我也看了5点钟新闻,但是我觉得他不会再往下跳了。”

jump off 跳下来

E.g.The little boy jumped off the wall.

小男孩从墙上跳了下来。自我测验10:

1.Why do you stand and watch the milk over?

A.boilingB.boiledC.from boilingD.being boiled

2.They found their new bikes.

A.to stealB.stealingC.stolenD.stole

3.We haven't got a record player.Let's.

A.to borrow the Mary'sB.borrow Mary's

C.to lend one of MaryD.lend Mary's one

4.A new factory is very soon.

A.to builtB.to be builtC.buildingD.built

5.Send him to the baker's the bread.

A.to buyB.in order he buysC.for to buyD.for buying

6.Revolution means the productive forces.

A.to liberateB.liberateC.liberatedD.liberating

7.The teacher asked him.

A.to repeat the sentence againB.to repeat the sentence

C.to repeat the sentence once againD.to repeat the sentence once more

8.They saw their son by the window.

A.to standB.standingC.standsD.stood

9.Electricity makes trains on the railways.

A.to runB.runC.runningD.ran

10.Today we use machines us do most of our work.

A.to helpB.helpC.helpingD.helped

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