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Every morning on his way to work, a business manpassed a house where he saw a woman beating herlooy on the head with a loaf of bread.
每天早晨一位商人在上班途中都会经过一户人家，他总是看见一个女人用一条面包打她儿子的头部。
But on this particular day, he noticed that she was hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake.
但今天却比较特别，他发现她正用一块巧克力蛋糕打他的头。
Unable to restrain his curiosity, he rang the doorbell and the woman answered.
他忍不住好奇，便按了那户人家的门铃。女人听了铃声，出来开门。
"Madam, I couldn't help but notice that every day you beat your child with a loaf of bread. . . "
“这位太太，每天经过这里我都忍不住会注意到你用一条面包打你儿子……”
"That's true ."
"那倒是不假……"
"And yet today I observed that you were hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake.
"可是今天我却看见你用一块巧克力蛋糕打他。"
“Well, today's his birthday. ”
“今天是他生日嘛。”
1.a loaf of 一个;一条;一个面包;长方形的;一大块
例句：When you have only two pennies left in theworld, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily withthe other.
如果在世上你只剩下2毛钱，就用一毛钱买一块面包，另一毛买一朵百合花。
2.restrain 抑制，控制;约束;制止
例句：She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
她无法抑制她那不顾一切的愤怒。
3.curiosity 好奇;好奇心;珍品;古董;古玩
例句：He is dying of curiosity to see how much money in my pocket.
他十分好奇我口袋里究竟有多少钱。
4.couldn't help 禁不住;忍不住;不得不
例句：I couldn't help myself and started crying uncontrollably at the thought of having to giveup running.
我无法控制我的情绪，想到我必须放弃跑步时就会忍不住开始哭泣。
