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第 1 页 共 bet you ten bucks the guy doesnt jump。
Its a bet， agrees his buddy。
A few minutes later， the man on the ledge jumps，so the loser hands his pal a $10 bill。I cant take your money，his friend admits。I saw him jump earlier on the six-oclock news。
Me，too，says the other buddy。But I didnt think hed do it again。
打赌
两个好挚友正坐在一家小酒馆内观看十一点的电视新闻。一则新闻报道说，有个男人威逼要从商业区一座大楼的二十层跳下去。一位挚友转身对另一位说道：“我敢赌十块钱，那家伙不会往下跳。”
“赌就赌，”他的挚友欣然同意。
几分钟后，站在墙檐上的男人跳了下去，因而赌输的那位交给他的挚友一张十元的钞票。“我不能拿你的钱，”他的挚友承认道，“早在六点的新闻里，我就已见他跳下去了。”
“我也是，”另一位说，“可我想他不会再跳了!”
英语演讲小故事篇四
She kindled a third match。 Again shot up the flame; and now she was sitting under a most beautiful Christmas tree ，far larger， and far more prettily decked out， than the one she had seen last Christmas eve through the glass doors of the rich merchants house。 Hundreds of wax-tapers lighted up the green branches， and tiny painted figures， such as she had seen in the shop-windows， looked down from the tree upon her。 The child stretched out her hands towards them in delight， and in that moment the lights of the match warm quenched