英语幽默:第一次与最后一次

My First and My LastWhen George was thirty-five, he bought a small plane and learned to fly it. He soon became very good and made his plane do all kinds of tricks.
乔治35岁时买了架小型飞机，并开始学习驾驶。不久，他就能很娴熟地驾机做各种各样的特技飞行了。

George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day George offered to take Mark up in his plane. Mark thought, "I've travelled in a big plane several times, but I've never been in a small one, so I'll go."
乔治有个朋友名叫马克。一天，乔治主动邀请马克乘他的飞机上天兜一圈。马克心想，“我乘大客机飞行过好几次，还从来没有乘过小飞机，我不妨试一试。”

They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air.
升空后，乔治飞了有半个小时，在空中做了各种各样的飞行特技。

When they came down again, Mark was very glad to be back safely, and he said to his friend in a shaking voice, "Well, George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane."
后来他们着陆了。马克很高兴能够安全返回地面。他用颤抖的声音对他的朋友说：“乔治，非常感谢你让我乘小飞机做了两次飞行。”

Gerogy was very surprised and said, "Two trips?"
乔治非常吃惊地问：“两次飞行？”

"Yes, my first and my last," answered Mark.
“是的，我的第一次和最后一次。”马克答道。

今日作业：
When we got our long-distance phone bill,we found that our daughter,Cathy,had been making 60-minute calls to a boyfriend away at college.“From now on,”her father said firmly,“Your calls are limited to five minutes.”
    “Dad,what can I say in five minutes?” Cathy wailed.
    “Call me back,”he answered.