校園笑話(huà)：6、 Father's belt 父親的皮帶

6. Father's belt

When Tom Howard was seventeen years old he was as tall as his father, so he began to borrow1 Mr. Howard's clothes when he wanted to go out with his friends in the evening. Mr. Howard did not like this, and he always got very angry when he found his son wearing2 any of his things.

One evening when Tom came downstairs to go out, his father stopped him in the hall. He looked at Tom's clothes very carefully.

Then he said angrily, "Isn't that one of my ties3, Tom?"

Yes, Father, it is, answered Tom.

And that shirt's mine too.

Yes, that's yours too, answered Tom.

And you're wearing my belt! said Mr. Howard.

Yes, I am, Father, answered Tom. "You don't want your trousers to fall down, do you?"

Notes:

1. borrow 借

2. wear 穿，戴

3. tie 領(lǐng)帶

父親的皮帶

湯姆·霍德華十七歲的時(shí)候，長(zhǎng)得和父親一樣高了，于是當(dāng)他晚上和朋友一起出去時(shí)，就開(kāi)始借父親的衣服穿?；舻氯A先生可不喜歡這樣，當(dāng)他發(fā)現(xiàn)兒子穿他的衣物時(shí)，總是非常生氣。

一天晚上，湯姆下樓準(zhǔn)備出去，父親在門(mén)廳里攔住了他。他細(xì)細(xì)打量著湯姆的穿著。

然后，他氣呼呼地說(shuō)：“湯姆，那不是我的一條領(lǐng)帶嗎？”

湯姆回答說(shuō)：“是的，爸爸，是你的領(lǐng)帶?！?

“還有那襯衫也是我的?！?

“是的，襯衫也是你的?！睖坊卮鹫f(shuō)。

“還有呢，你連皮帶也用我的！”霍德華先生說(shuō)。

“是的，爸爸”，湯姆回答說(shuō)，“你不愿意讓你的褲子掉下來(lái)，對(duì)嗎？”

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