英語幽默小故事 18. Nest and Hair

　　My sister, a primary school teacher, was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom.

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　　"What kind of bird?" my sister asked.

　　"I didn't see the bird, ma' am, only the nest," replied the child.

　　"Then, can you give us a description of the nest?" my sister encouraged her .

　　"Well, ma'am, it just resembles your hair. "

Notes:

　　(1) inform v.告訴

　　(2) nest n.窩；巢

　　(3) description n.描述

　　(4) encourage v.鼓勵

　　(5) resemble v. 相似；類似

Exercises:

根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：

　　① The teacher was told by a boy student that a bird had built a nest in the tree outside the classroom.

　　② The teacher was greatly surprised when she heard the news.

　　③ The child told the teacher where the bird had gone.

　　④ The teacher wanted to seize the chance to get the child to learn how to describe a thing.

　　(5) The child did give a vivid description.

18.鳥窩與頭髮

　　我姐姐是一位小學老師。一次一個學生告訴她說一隻鳥兒在教室外的樹上壘了個窩。

　　“是什麼鳥呢？”我姐姐問她。

　　“我沒看到鳥兒，老師，只看到鳥窩。”那孩子回答說。

　　“那麼，你能給我們描述一下這個鳥巢嗎？”我姐姐鼓勵她道。

　　“哦，老師，就像你的頭髮一樣。”

練習參考答案：

①F②F③F④T⑤T