A Difficult Question
Four girls go to school every day by taxi.One day one of the girls says,"There is a test in the morning.Let's get to school late.Then we will not have to take the test." "What can we tell the teacher?" one of the girls asks."He will be angry.We need a good excuse." The girls think for a few minutes,then one of them says,"Let's tell him that our taxi has a flat tyre." "That's a good idea," the other girls say."We will tell him that." They arrive at school an hour later.The test is finished."Why are you late?" the teacher asks."You missed the test." "Our taxi has a flat tyre," one of the girls says.The teacher thinks for a moment,then he says,"Sit down." The girls do this .Then the teacher says,"Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question:Which tyre is flat?" what a difficult question !The girls look at each other sadly.At last they give the different answers.
一个困难的问题
四个女孩每天都乘出租汽车上学.一天,其中一个女孩说,“今天早晨有一个测验,让我们晚点去学校.那么,我们将可以不用测验了”.“那我们怎样告诉教师呢?” 其中一个女孩问.“他一定会很生气的.我们需要一个借口.” 女孩想了几分钟,然后说,“我们就告诉他,我们的出租汽车的一个轮胎瘪了”.“真是一个好主意”,其它女孩高兴地说.
一个小时以后,他们到达了学校.测验已经结束了.“为什么你们迟到了?” 教师问.“你们错过了测验”.“我们的出租汽车的一个轮胎瘪了”,其中一个女孩说.教师想想了一会儿,然后说,“坐下”.女孩照着做了.然后,教师说,“请你们回答这个问题,并把答案写在纸上,那就是哪一个轮胎是瘪的?” 这是一个多么困难的问题啊!女孩悲伤地互相看着.当然啦,结果不说大家也知道,同一个问题,他们竟给了四个不同的答案.
