第16單元 三條腿的雞
A man was driving along a rural road one day when he saw a three legged chicken. He was amusedengough to drive along side it for a while, as he was driving he noticed the chicken was running 30 mph.
有一天,有個人在鄉(xiāng)間小路上開著車,看到一直三條腿的雞。他覺得很好玩,跟在它旁邊開了一陣子的車,而且注意到那只雞奔跑的速度是每小時30英里。
"Pretty fast chicken," he thought,"I wonder just how fast it can run."
“好快的雞啊,”他心想:“不曉得它到底可以跑多快。”
So he sped up and the chicken did too!They were now moving along the road at 45 mph!
于是他加速前進,結果那只雞也跟著越跑越快!目前飛速度是每小時45英里!
The man in the car sped up again, to his surprise the chicken was still running ahead of him at 60 mph!
開車那個人再度加速,令他吃驚的是,那只雞卻以時速60英里的速度跑在他前面!!
Suddenly the chicken turned off the road and run down a long driveway leading to a farmhouse.
突然間那只雞從路上轉了個彎,跑上一條長長的通往農舍的停車道。
The man followed the chicken to the house and saw a man in the yard and dozens of three legged chickens.
那個人跟著來到農舍前,看到院子里有個人,還有很多只三條腿的雞。
The man in the car called out to the farmer "How did you get all these three legged chickens?"
開車那個人向農夫大喊道:“那么多三條腿的雞哪來的啊?”
The farmer replied,"I breed them. You see, me, my wife and my son live here and we all like to eat the chicken legs."
農夫回答:“我養(yǎng)的。我和老婆小孩住在這里,大家都愛吃雞腿。”
"Since a chicken only have two legs, I started breeding this three legged variety so we could all eat our favorite piece."
“可是一只雞只有兩條腿,我就養(yǎng)起這種三條腿的變種雞,這樣大家都愛吃的雞腿就不怕不夠了。”
"That's amazing!"said the driver."How do they taste?"
“太驚人了!”司機說:“那這種雞腿味道如何?”
"Don't know, can't catch them."
“還不知道,因為一直抓不到它們。”