5分錢還是10分錢?
Little Johnny used to hang out at the local corner store. The owner didn't know what Johnny's problem was, but the older boys would constantly tease him.
小約翰尼過去常在街角的商店附近閑逛。店主不知道小約翰尼有什么問題,但是年齡大些的男孩子們經(jīng)常嘲弄他。
They would play a game with him, sometimes theywould offer Johnny his choice bewteen a nickel (5 cents) and a dime (10 cents) in their openpalms and Johnny would always take the nickel--they said, because it was bigger.
他們和他一起玩一種游戲作弄他,有時(shí)他們在掌心上放一個(gè)5分鎳幣和一個(gè)10分硬幣讓約翰尼選。約翰尼總是選5分的。他們說是因?yàn)?分鎳幣個(gè)兒大。
One day after Johnny grabbed the nickel, the store owner took him aside and said, "Johnny,those boys are making fun of you. Don't you know that a dime is twice as good as a nickel?Are you grabbing the nickel because it's bigger, or what?"
一天,在約翰尼又拿了5分鎳幣后,店主把他叫到一邊問:“約翰尼,那些孩子在作弄你。你不知道十分硬幣要值兩個(gè)5分鎳幣嗎?你選5分鎳幣是因?yàn)樗髥?”
Slowly, Johnny turned toward the storeowner and a big grin appeared on his face and Johnnysaid, "Well, if I took the dime, they'd stop doing it, and so far I have saved $20!"
約翰尼慢吞吞轉(zhuǎn)向店主,咧嘴笑著說:“是這樣的,如果我拿了10分硬幣,他們就不會再跟我玩了。事實(shí)上,到現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)賺了20塊錢了!”