137. A Branch Office_英语幽默故事

　a man was standing at a corner, with a hat in each hand, waiting for handouts. a passer-by stopped and dropped a coin in one hat, then asked, "what's the other hat for?"

　"business has been so tremendous lately. " the man replied. " that i decided to open a branch office . "

notes:

　(1) handout n. 施舍

　(2) tremendous adj.极好的

exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：

　① the man was sitting at a comer.

　② before the man, there were two hats on the ground

　③ the man was waiting for a certain person.

　④ the passer-by put a coin in each of the two hats

　⑤ the man would really open a branch office.

137.分店

　一个人站在墙角处，两手各托一顶帽子，乞求施舍。有个路过的行人停下来，往一顶帽子里扔了一枚硬币，然后问道：“另一顶帽子是干什么用的？”

　“近来生意兴隆，我决定开一个分店，”那人答道。

练习参考答案：

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