童言笑話：1、 The new baby 新生兒

1. The new baby

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had a seven-year-old boy named Pat.Now Mrs. Taylor was expecting1 another child. Pat had seen babies in other people's houses and had not liked them very much, so he was not delighted2 about the news that there was soon going to be one in his house too.

One evening Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were making plans for the baby's arrival3.

This house won't be big enough for us all when the baby comes, said Mr. Taylor.

Pat came into the room just then and said, "What are you talking about?"

We were saying that we'll have to move to another house now, because the new baby's coming, his mother answered.

It's no use, said Pat hopelessly. "He'll follow us there."

Notes:

1. expect 期待

2. delighted 高興的

3. arrival 到達(dá)

新生兒

泰勒夫婦有一個(gè)七歲的男孩，名叫帕特?，F(xiàn)在泰勒太太正懷著第二胎。帕特在別人家看見過嬰兒，不太喜歡他們，所以他對自己家里也將有一個(gè)嬰兒的消息感到不滿。

一天晚上，泰勒夫婦正在為這個(gè)嬰兒的降生計(jì)劃做安排。泰勒先生說：“寶貝出生后，我們的房子就太小，不夠住了。”帕特恰好在這個(gè)時(shí)候走進(jìn)屋，問道：“你們在說什么？”

他的母親回答說：“我們在說我們現(xiàn)在得搬家，因?yàn)閶雰壕鸵Q生了。”

“那沒用”，帕特絕望地說，“他會跟我們到那兒去的。”

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美國大多數(shù)家庭都有兩個(gè)或兩個(gè)以上的孩子。孩子長大以后大都離開家庭自立門戶，當(dāng)然大的家族幾世同堂住在一棟別墅或農(nóng)莊或城堡中的也不罕見。