育儿英文故事：A French Traveler

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育儿英文故事：A French Traveler

A French Traveler

这位法国人说的英语实在不敢恭维;但他能利用极之有限的几个单词，解脱了困境，其急智与机巧令人叹服。

A Frenchman was once traveling in England . He could speak English quite

well but not perfectly. For one thing, his vocabulary was not large. One day, he was having a meal in a small country hotel and wanted to order

some eggs. But he couldn't remember the word for eggs.

Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English. The waiter told him that it was called a rooster.

The Frenchman then asked what the rooster's wife was called. The waiter told him that she was called a hen.

The Frenchman then asked what the hen's children were called. The waiter told him that they were chickens.

The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born.

The waiter told him they were called eggs.

"Fine!" said the Frenchman. "Please bring me two eggs and a cup of

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coffee.

l.perfectly 熟练地

2. vocabulary 个人所使用的词汇量 (集合名词，单数概念.) 3. rooster 公鸡(美国英语，同cock.) 4bird 此处泛指禽类。

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