Half or Five Tenths 半个还是十分之五_双语笑话

Half or Five Tenths 半个还是十分之五

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Teacher: Would¹ you rather² have one half of an orange or five tenths³?

Gerald: I'd much rather have the half.

Teacher: Think carefully⁴, and tell me why.

Gerald: Because you lose⁵ too much juice when you cut the orange into five tenths.

老师：你愿意要半个柑橘，还是十分之五个柑橘?

杰拉得：我宁可要半个。

老师：仔细想想，说出理由来。

杰拉得：因为你如果把柑橘切成十分之五，那柑橘汁就损失太多了。

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1 would
aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会
参考例句：
Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？ Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

2 rather
adv.宁愿，宁可；相当
参考例句：
I would rather go out tonight,if you don't mind. 如果你不介意的话，我宁愿今晚出去。 This book is rather too easy for this boy.这本书对于这个孩子来说太简单。

3 tenths
n.第十（个）( tenth的名词复数 )；十分之一；第十的，第十个的；十分之一的
参考例句：
There was ten tenths cloud at that time. 当时云层厚度是十度。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 The first twofigures after the decimal point indicate tenths and hundredthsrespectively. 小数点后的头两位数分别表示十分位和百分位。来自辞典例句

4 carefully
adv.仔细地；小心地
参考例句：
If you watch carefully you will see how to do it. 如果你仔细观察，你就会看出如何做此事了。 Now listen carefully everybody.请大家仔细地听。

5 lose
v.丢失，失去，迷失，(钟表)走慢
参考例句：
I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.我不走运，打牌总输。 I can always lose myself in a good book.一本好书会使我爱不释手。