【生词预览】

exclaim惊叫

【笑话原文】

Reason of the Punishment

One day a little girl came home from school, and said to her mother, “Mommy, today in school I was punished for something that I didn't do.”

The mother exclaimed, “But that's terrible! I'm going to have a talk with your teacher about this! By the way, what was it that you didn't do?” The little girl replied, “My homework.”

【中文译文】

被惩罚的原因

一天，小女孩从学校回到家里，对妈妈说：妈妈，今天在学校里我因为一件我没有做的事情而受到惩罚。 妈妈激动地说：那真是太可怕了！我要跟你的老师好好谈一谈，对了，你没有做过的那件事是什么？ 小女孩回答说：我的家庭作业。

【词汇讲解】

1.exclaim惊叫。 He exclaimed that it was untrue.他大声说那不是真的。

2.punish惩罚。也可以指“痛打”： He punished his opponent with fierce punches to the body.他猛击对手的身体。

3.by the way顺便说一下。