校园笑话：6、 Father's belt 父亲的皮带

6. Father's belt

When Tom Howard was seventeen years old he was as tall as his father, so he began to borrow1 Mr. Howard's clothes when he wanted to go out with his friends in the evening. Mr. Howard did not like this, and he always got very angry when he found his son wearing2 any of his things.

One evening when Tom came downstairs to go out, his father stopped him in the hall. He looked at Tom's clothes very carefully.

Then he said angrily, "Isn't that one of my ties3, Tom?"

Yes, Father, it is, answered Tom.

And that shirt's mine too.

Yes, that's yours too, answered Tom.

And you're wearing my belt! said Mr. Howard.

Yes, I am, Father, answered Tom. "You don't want your trousers to fall down, do you?"

Notes:

1. borrow 借

2. wear 穿，戴

3. tie 领带

父亲的皮带

汤姆·霍德华十七岁的时候，长得和父亲一样高了，于是当他晚上和朋友一起出去时，就开始借父亲的衣服穿。霍德华先生可不喜欢这样，当他发现儿子穿他的衣物时，总是非常生气。

一天晚上，汤姆下楼准备出去，父亲在门厅里拦住了他。他细细打量着汤姆的穿着。

然后，他气呼呼地说：“汤姆，那不是我的一条领带吗？”

汤姆回答说：“是的，爸爸，是你的领带。”

“还有那衬衫也是我的。”

“是的，衬衫也是你的。”汤姆回答说。

“还有呢，你连皮带也用我的！”霍德华先生说。

“是的，爸爸”，汤姆回答说，“你不愿意让你的裤子掉下来，对吗？”

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