John was¹ ten years old, and he was a very lazy³ boy.

 

He had⁴ to go to school of course⁵, but he was bored⁶ there and tried to do as² little work as possible⁷. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped⁸ that he would⁹ become one, too, when he grew up, but one day Lohn said¹⁰ to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to become a garbage¹¹ collector¹²."

 

"A garbage collector?" his mother asked. She was very surprised¹³. "That's not a very pleasant¹⁴ job. Why do you want to become a garbage collector?"

 

"Because then I'd only have to work one day a week," Lohn answered.

 

"Only one day a week?" his mother said. "What do you mean?"

 

"Well," John answered, "I know that  the ones who come to our house only work on Wednesday, because I only see them on that day."

 

约翰10岁了，是一个非常懒的男孩子。

 

当然他必须去上学，但他厌烦学校，并尽可能地少做功课。他父母亲两人都是医生，他们两人都希望当他长大后也当个医生，但有一天，约翰对他母亲说，“我上完学，我想当个垃圾收集工。”

 

“垃圾收集工？” 他母亲问道。他母亲非常吃惊。“那可不是一件令人愉快的工作。你为什么想当一个垃圾收集工呢？”

 

“因为到时候我只需一周工作一天，” 约翰回答说。

 

“一周只工作一天？” 他母亲说。“你是什么意思？”

 

“嗯，” 约翰回答说，“我知道来我们家的那些人只在星期三上班，因为我只在星期三看见他们。”

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