都在這一家
Eight-year-old Sally brought her report card home from school .
八十歲大的 莎莉從學(xué)校把她的成績報告卡帶回家。
Her marks were good mostly .
她的成績不錯,
A's and a couple of B'S .
大部分都是A,還有幾個B。
However ,her teacher had written across the bottom,
可是, 她韻老師在卡片下方寫道:
"SALLY is a smart little girl,but she has one fault,
“莎莉是個聰明的小女孩,但是她有一個毛病。
she talks too much in school.I have an idea I am going to try,
她在學(xué)校太愛講話。我有一個想法我要來試試看,
which I think may break her of the bad habit."
我認(rèn)為.這個想法可能會讓她改掉這個壞習(xí)慣。”
Sally's dad signed her report card,
莎莉的爸爸簽了她的學(xué)習(xí)報告卡,
putting a note on the back ,
并在卡片背面注記:
"Please let me know if your idea work on SALLY
“如果你的想法對莎莉很有效,請你讓我知道,
because I would like to try it out on her mother."
因為我想要把它試用在她媽媽身上。