英語2分鐘的演講小故事

Going to the Sun During the Night

When the Americans were getting ready to send their firstmen to the moon， an old Irishman was watching them on tele vision in the bar of a hotel．

There was an Englishman in the bar too， and he said tothe Irishman，“The Americans are very clever， aren't they？They're going to send some men to the moon． It's a very longway from our world．”

“Oh that's nothing，”the Irishman．a(chǎn)nswered quickly．“The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a fewmonths’ time． That's much farther away than the moon， youknow．”

The Englishman was very surprised when he heard this．“Oh， yes， it is．” he said，“but the sun's too hot for people togo to．”

The Irishman laughed and answered．“Well，the Irish aren't stupid， you know． We won't go to the sun during theday， of course． We'll go there during the night．”

夜間到太陽上去

當(dāng)美國人正準(zhǔn)備將他們第一批宇航員送上月球時，有一個上了年紀(jì)的愛爾蘭人在一家旅館的酒巴里正從電視中觀看著宇航員的壯舉。

在酒巴里還有一個英國人，他對那個愛爾蘭人說：“美國人真聰明，是吧？他們就要將幾個人送上月球了。那兒離我們地球有好長好長的一段路呢?！?

“嘔，那又有什么，”愛爾蘭人馬上回話說?！霸龠^幾個月的時間愛爾蘭人要將一些人送到太陽上去呢。你是知道的，那兒比月球要遠(yuǎn)得多了?！?

那英國人聽了這番話，感到很吃驚，他說：“噢，是的，是遠(yuǎn)得多了，不過太陽太熱了，人們?nèi)ゲ涣四莾??！?

愛爾蘭人大笑起來，回答說：“咳，你知道，愛爾蘭人可沒那么蠢。我們當(dāng)然不會在白天到太陽上去。我們在夜間上太陽那兒去。”