童言笑話(huà)：6、 How can I get into heaven? 我怎樣才能去天堂

6. How can I get into heaven?

If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage1 sale and gave all my money to the poor, would I get into heaven2? I asked the children in my class.

No! the children all answered.

If I cleaned the church3 everyday, mowed4 the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would I get into heaven?

Again, the answer was, "No!"

Well, I continued, "then how can I get into heaven?"

A five-year-old boy shouted out, "You have to be dead!"

Notes:

1. garage 車(chē)庫(kù)

2. heaven 天堂

3. church 教堂

4. mow 割草，除草

我怎樣才能去天堂

“如果我把房子和車(chē)賣(mài)了，在車(chē)庫(kù)舉行義賣(mài)，并把所有的錢(qián)給窮人，我能進(jìn)天堂嗎？”我問(wèn)班里的孩子們。

孩子們齊聲回答：“不能！”

“那如果我每天都打掃教堂，給院子的草坪割草，并且把東西都收拾得干凈整潔，我會(huì)上天堂嗎？”

回答還是“不能！”

“好吧”，我繼續(xù)問(wèn)，“那我要怎樣才能升天堂呢？”

一個(gè)五歲的男孩兒叫道：“你得死了才行！”

Useful link:

Garage sale又可稱(chēng)作yard sale，tag sale，attic sale，moving sale，junk sale等，指的是西方一些私人家庭在車(chē)庫(kù)門(mén)口或院子等處拍賣(mài)自己不需要的二手家用器皿。賣(mài)家無(wú)需納稅無(wú)需執(zhí)照，買(mǎi)賣(mài)的物件通常都很新，品質(zhì)也非常好，賣(mài)家通常因?yàn)橐峒一蚣依飻[放不下等原因?qū)⑦@些物品半賣(mài)半送。