Questions：

1．What would you like， 1/2 of an orange or 6/12 of an orange？

1/2 个桔子和 6/12 个桔子，你要哪一份？

2．Why is doing nothing tiring？

为什么无所事事也累？

3．A young man drove¹ his father’s car all the way from his
school in New York to his home in Florida， without
knowing his car had a puncture²． How could it be？
一个年轻人开着父亲的车从纽约他上学的地方一直开到弗罗里达的
家中，浑然不知他的车车胎破了。这是怎么回事？

Keys：

1．I’d like 1/2 of an orange， for 6/12 of an orange would have
had much juice lost．..
我想1/2 个桔子，因为6/12 个肯定失掉了很多果汁。

2．Because you can’t possibly stop and rest．..
因为你停不下来，也就没法歇下来。
3．It was his father’s car that he was driving．..
他开的是父亲的车。

Notes：


3．puncture/>p)RkCM+/ n．刺孔，穿孔（尤指车胎）