Swallowed A Penny
吞了一枚硬币
Looking very unhappy, a poor man entered a doctor's consulting-room.
一个看起来很难受的穷人走进大夫的诊室。
"Doctor," he said, "you must help me. I swallowed a penny about a month ago."
"大夫!"他说,"帮帮我!一个月前我吞了一分硬币!"
"Good heavens, man!" said the doctor. "Why have you waited so long? Why don't you come to me on the day you swallowed it?"
"天哪,"大夫说,"早干嘛去了?你当时怎么不来看?"
"To tell you the truth, Doctor," the poor man replied, "I didn't need the money so badly then."
"实话告诉您吧,大夫,"穷人说,"我当时还不缺钱!"
1.enter
enter into 进入;讨论;成为…的一部分;研讨;分享;体谅
enter in 进入,报关进口
enter for 参加(竞赛,活动等);报名参加(比赛)
enter into force 生效;实行;加入行列
enter on 占有,着手;正式开始
enter key [计]回车键;[计]输入键
enter upon 开始;着手
enter into a contract 订立契约
enter the contest 加入竞赛;参加比赛
enter up 登记;记录,记下
enter by 通过…进入
2.penny
penny是英国货币单位,一便士,也就相当于美国的一美分。
英国的货币单位,英镑(pound),辅市单位原为先令(Shiling)和便士(Penny)后辅币单位改为新便士(New Penny)
美国的货币单位为美元(Dollar),1美元等于100美分。纸币面额最小为1美元,1美元以下用硬币:
硬币有25美分(Quarter)、10美分(Dime)、5美分(Nickel)、1美分(Cent)
3.swallowe
vt.& vi.吞,咽;忍耐,忍受
vt.不流露;<口>忍受,轻信
n.[鸟]燕子;胃管,食道;一次吞咽的量;(滑车等的)通索孔
eg:Aren't you gonna swallow that? 你不吞下去吗?