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“But, madam, let me…” began the man.
“可是，太太，让我⋯⋯”老人开口说道。

The following Sunday he began by looking around the people in the church and asking which of them had read the seventeenth chapter of St. Mark.
下一个礼拜天，一开始他就环顾教堂里所有的信徒，问他们中间哪些人读了《马可福音》第17 章。

Mother: Well, son, what’s your place on the school-list this month?
母亲：好吧，儿子，我问你，这个月你的学习成绩在班上是第几名？

He ran quickly to the house shouting, “Granny, come quick! One of you chickens is in bloom!”
他马上向屋子跑去，一边跑一边喊：“奶奶，快来！你的一只鸡开花了！”

The question was: When it thunders why do you see the lightning first, then hear the thunder rolls?
这个问题是：为什么打雷时，我们总是先看到闪电，后听到雷声？