童言笑話：5、 I'm glad 我很高興

5. I'm glad

A Sunday school teacher was telling her pupils1 the importance of making others glad.

Now, children. said she, "has anyone of you ever made someone else glad?"

Please, teacher, said a small boy, "I've made someone glad yesterday." "Well done. Who was that?"

My granny2.

Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad.

Please, teacher, I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours. Then I said to her, ‘Granny, I'm going home, 'and she said, ‘Well, I'm glad'!

Notes:

1. pupil 小學生

2. granny 祖母，奶奶

我很高興

一位主日學校的老師正對學生講使別人高興的重要性。

“現(xiàn)在告訴我，孩子們”，她說，“你們當中有誰讓別人高興過？”

“我，老師”，一個小男孩說，“昨天我就使別人高興過。”

“做得好。是誰呢？”

“我奶奶?！?

“好孩子?，F(xiàn)在告訴我們，你是怎樣使你奶奶高興的?！?

“是這樣的，老師。我昨天去看她，在她那兒呆了三個小時。然后我跟她說：‘奶奶，我要回家了?！f：‘啊，我很高興！’”

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主日學校又稱作“星期日學?！?，是英、美等國在星期日為貧民開辦的初等教育機構。興起于18世紀末，盛行于19世紀上半期。當時進主日學校學習的人主要是兒童，也有青年人和成年人。教學內容包括讀、寫、算的基本知識等。