雷蒙德對(duì)自己的工作要求嚴(yán)格(strict)。他關(guān)心(care about)街道上的居民。每天他都會(huì)敲(knock on／at)喬丹夫人的門(door)去要一杯涼(cool)水。他不是真的口渴(thirsty)。喬丹夫人年紀(jì)大了，他只是想確認(rèn)(make sure)喬丹夫人一切正常。?

　　十. That's Why!

　　Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He also got many prizes for his painting. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them They said,“This boy's going to be famous when he's a little older, and then we’re going to sell these pictures for a lot more money.”

　　Jimmy's pictures were different from other people's because he never painted it on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.

　　“That's very clever,”everybody said.“Nobody else does that!”They all believed that the boy was a pioneer in painting.

　　One day, somebody bought one of Jimmy's pictures and then said to him,“Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the top half ?”

　　“Because I'm small,”Jimmy said,“and my brushes don't reach very high.”

　　【漢語翻譯】

　　原來如此！

　　吉米三歲開始畫畫(start painting)，五歲時(shí)已經(jīng)(already)畫得相當(dāng)好了。他還因此獲得很多獎(jiǎng)(many prizes)。他畫了很多美麗(beautiful)有趣的(interesting)圖畫(picture)。人們付(pay)很多錢(a lot of money)買這些畫。他們說：“這個(gè)孩子大一點(diǎn)后肯定會(huì)出名(be famous)．到時(shí)我們可以靠這些畫賺更多的錢。”

　　吉米的畫不同于(be different from) 他人的畫，因?yàn)樗麖膩聿辉谡麖埣埳献鳟�。他只在一半紙上畫，另一半總是空�?empty)。

　　“這真是個(gè)聰明的(clever)做法！”大家都說，“沒有其他人(nobody else)這么畫過。”他們都認(rèn)為這男孩堪稱繪畫藝術(shù)的先鋒(pioneer)。

　　有一天，有人買了吉米的畫，然后問：“請(qǐng)告訴我，吉米，你為什么總是在紙的下半部分(bottom half)畫而不在上半部分(top half)畫呢？”

　　吉米說：“因?yàn)槲覀�(gè)頭小，我的畫筆(brush)無法夠到(reach)那么高(high)。”

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