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那是我们的布什!(趣味英语)

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那是我们的布什!(趣味英语) 乔治·W·布什总统今天视察一所小学,参观四年级的一个班。这个班正在讨论单词及其含义。 老师恭请布什引导该班讨论“悲剧”这'...

那是我们的布什!(趣味英语)


乔治·W·布什总统今天视察一所小学,参观四年级的一个班。这个班正在讨论单词及其含义。
老师恭请布什引导该班讨论“悲剧”这个词。于是总统请学生们举出一个“悲剧”的例子。
一个小男孩站起来说:“如果住在隔壁的我最好的朋友在街上玩耍时被一辆汽车碾过,那将是一场悲剧。”
“不,”布什说,“那将是一场事故。”
一个小女孩举手说:“如果载着50个孩子的校车跌下悬崖,车上无人生还,那将是一场悲剧。”
“恐怕不是,”布什解释说,“我们会说那是重大损失。”
教室里鸦雀无声。没有其他的孩子自告奋勇回答。布什总统扫视整个教室:“没有人能给我举一个悲剧的例子?”
最后,教室后面一个名叫约翰尼的男孩举起了手。他语气平静地说:“如果空军一号,载着您和布什夫人,被导弹击中,炸成碎片,那将是一场悲剧。”
“正确,”布什高声说道,“很对。你能告诉我为什么那是一场悲剧吗?”
小约翰尼说:“因为,就像刚才您告诉我们的,那不是事故,而且肯定不是重大损失。”
THAT ’S OUR BUSH!
President George W.Bush is visiting an element-ary schooltoday and he visits one of the 4th grade classes.They are in  the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
The teacher asks the President if he would like to leadthe class in the discussion of the word,“tragedy”.So the President asks the class for an example of a“tragedy”.
One little boy stands up and offers,“If my best friend,who lives next door,is playing in the street and a car comesalong and runs him over,that would be a tragedy.”
“No,”says Bush,“that would be an accid-ent.”
A little girl raises her hand:“If a school bus carrying50 children dr ove off a cliff,killing everyone involved,thatwould be a tragedy.”
“I'm afraid not,”explains the President.“That's  whatwe would call a GREAT LOSS.”
The room goes silent.No other children volunteer.PresidentBush searches the room.“Isn't there someo-ne here who can give me an exam  ple of a tragedy?”
Finally,way in the back of the room,a boy named Johnnyraises his hand.In a quiet voice he says,“If Air Force One,carrying you and Mrs. Bush,was struck by a missile and blownup to smither eens,that would be a tragedy.”
“Correct,” exclaims Bush,“that's right.And can you tellme WHY that would be a traged y?”
“Well,”little Johnny said,“because,like you just told us,it wouldn't be an ac-cident,and it sure as well wouldn't bea great loss.”

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