A bad bet

　　不利的赌

　　The strong young man at the construction site was bragging that he could outdo anyone in a feat of strength. He made a special case of making fun of one of the older workmen. After several minutes, the older worker had had enough.

　　一个强壮的年轻人在建筑工地上吹牛，说自己的力气比任何人都大。他大肆取笑一个年长的工人。几分钟后，那个老工人终于受够了。

　　"Why don't you put your moneyswheresyour mouth is," he said. "I will bet a week's wages that I can haul something in a wheelbarrow over to that outbuilding that you won't be able to wheel back."

　　“为什么不为你说的话打个赌呢？”他说：“我赌一周的工资，我能把某些东西用手推车推到那座建筑物，你却不能把它推回来。”

　　"You're on, old man," the braggart replied. "Let's see what you got."

　　“就这么定了，老头儿，”吹牛者回答：“让大伙儿瞧瞧你的本事吧。”

　　The old man grabbed the wheelbarrow by the handles. Then, nodding to the young man,"All right. Get in."

　　老人抓住手推车的把手，冲那年轻人点了点头，说：“好了，坐进来吧。”

　　Kidnap

　　绑架

　　Insgroupsto raise some money, a lady decided to kidnap a kid and hold him for ransom.

　　为了挣钱，一位女士决定绑架一个孩子，并进行勒索。

　　She went to the playground, grabbed a kid, took him behind a tree, and told him, "I've kidnapped you."

　　她来到运动场，抓住一个小孩，把他带到一棵树后，对他说：“你被绑架了。”

　　She then wrote a note saying, "I've kidnapped your kid. Tomorrow morning, put ,000 in a paper bag and put it under the pecan tree on the north side of the playground. A Blonde."

　　之后，她写了一张字条，上面说：“我绑架了你的孩子。明天早上，把10000美元放在纸袋里，把纸袋放在运动场北边的美洲山核桃树下。”字条的署名是：一位金发碧眼的女士。

　　The lady then pinned the note to the kid's shirt and sent him home to show it to his parents. The next morning the Blonde checked, and sure enough, a paper bag was sitting beneath the pecan tree. The Blonde opened up the bag and found the ,000 with a note that said, "How could you do this to a fellow Blonde?"

　　然后，这位女士把字条别在孩子的衬衣上，让他回家给他的父母看。第二天早上，这位金发碧眼的女士发现，在美洲山核桃树下有一个纸袋，里面有10000美元，还有一张字条，写道：“你怎么能对另一位金发碧眼的女士做出这种事？” （格兰达 译）

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