【生词预览】

granny 奶奶

【笑话原文】

I'm Glad

A teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad. “Now, children,” said she, “has anyone of you ever made someone else glad?”

 “I've made someone glad yesterday.” said a small boy.

“Well done. Who was that?”

“My granny.”

“Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grand mother glad.”

“I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours. Then I said to her, ‘Granny, I'm going home,’ and she said, ‘Well, I'm glad’！”

【中文译文】

奶奶很高兴

一个老师正在对学生讲使别人高兴的重要性。 她说：“孩子们， 你们当中有谁让别人高兴过？” “我，老师，”一个小男孩说：“昨天我就使别人高兴过。”
“做得好，是谁呢？”
“我奶奶。”
“好孩子，现在告诉我们，你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的。”
“我昨天去看她，在她那儿呆了三个小时。然后我跟她说：‘奶奶，我要回家了。’她说：‘啊，我很高兴！’”

【词汇讲解】

1. granny 外婆。也可以泛指“老奶奶”：He hands the old granny upstairs and downstairs every day.他每天扶那位老大娘上下楼。
 
2. glad高兴的。也有“使人高兴的”的意思：After a long separation, they held a glad meeting.阔别多年之后, 他们举行了一个令人愉快的聚会。

3. stay with在某人家里作客。也可以指“继续为某人工作”：How long do you intend to stay with the firm?你准备在公司干多久?