报亭轶事英语口语练习

学好英语口语：报亭轶事

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May: Come back. You haven't paid yet.

Boss: May, just let him go.

May: But he took some newspaper away without paying.

Boss: I know.

May: Why? You make me confused.

Boss: He lives nearby and he would just glance at the newspaper headlines, read the political sections and return them later.

May: Why does he have such a privilege?

Boss: He used to be a hero during the war time and everyone respect him.

May: I see. Does he live by himself?

Boss: Yes, he has no children and his wife passed away when he was in the battle.

May: He must be lonely?

Boss: I bet. But he is always busy telling the children stories.

May: How respectable!

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阿美：请回来。你还没有付钱呢?

老板：阿美，让他走吧。

阿美：但是他没有付钱就把报纸拿走了。

老板：我知道。

阿美：为什么?你把我弄糊涂了。

老板：他住在附近，他只是浏览一下报纸的大标题，等一下就会把报纸还回来的。

阿美：为什么他有这种特权呢?

老板：战争时期他曾经是个英雄，这里的人都尊敬他。

阿美：知道了，他一个人住吗?

老板：是的'，他没有孩子，他的妻子也在战争时期去世了。

阿美：他一定很孤独了?

老板：我猜是的。但是他总是忙着给孩子们讲故事。

阿美：真是可敬!