母亲和儿子

One day Mother looked at Tom's shoes and said, “Tom, lock at your shoes. How dirty they are! Youmust clean them.”

一天，妈妈看了汤姆的鞋子说道：“汤姆，看看你的鞋子。真脏啊!你得洗洗了。”

“Oh, Mother, but I cleaned them only yesterday,” saidthe boy.

“哦，妈妈，可我昨天刚洗的啊!”汤姆说。

“But they are dirty now, You must clean them again.”

“可是，现在又脏了啊，你要再洗洗。”

“I don't want to clean them today; even if I clean them today, they will be dirty againtomorrow.”

“今天我不想洗;就算今天我洗了，明天还是会脏的。”

Tom's mother thought for a moment and said, “All right, Don't clean them then.”

汤姆的妈妈想了一会儿，说：“好吧，那就不要洗了。”

In the evening Tom came back from school. He was very hungry.

晚上，汤姆放学回来。他饿极了。

“Mother, give me something to eat, please,” he said

“妈妈，请给我些吃的吧。”他说。

“You had your breakfast in the morning, Tom, and you had your lunch at school,” his mothersaid, smiling.

“汤姆，你早上吃了早饭，中午又在学校吃了午餐。”他妈妈笑着说。

“I'm hungry again now,” cried the boy.

“我现在又饿了啊。”汤姆叫着。

“Oh, really? But even if I give you something to eat today, you will be hungry again tomorrow.”

“哦?真的?可是就算我今天给你吃了东西，明天你也会饿的。”