Hair and Beard
头发和胡子
Lucy always wanted to become a teacher,
露西一直想成为一名教师,
because she liked children.
因为她喜欢孩子。
When she was twenty-one years old,
当她21岁时,
she began teaching in a small school.
她开始在一个很小的学校教学。
She was a good teacher,
她是一个好老师,
and she laughed a lot with the children in her class.
她在班上与孩子们有说有笑。
They enjoyed her teaching.
他们喜欢她的教学。
One day, one of the girls in her class asked her,
一天,一个女孩在班里问她,
"Why does a man's hair become grey before his beard does?"
“为什么一个人的头发比胡子先变成灰色呢?”
Mary laughed and answered. "
玛丽笑着回答。
I don't 'know, Helen.
“我不知道,海伦。”
" Then one of the boys said, "I know !
其中一个男孩说,“我知道!
Men's hair becomes grey first because
男人的头发变成灰色因为
it's sixteen years older than their beard. "
头发的年龄要比胡子年长16岁。
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词汇表
laugh
笑