62 A Useful Lesson

In England nobody under the age of 18 is allowed to drink in a bar. Mr. Thompson used to go to a bar near his house quite often, but he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young.

Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time. They drank for half an hour, and then Mr. Thompson said to his son, "Dow, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson. You must always be careful not to drink too much.""How do you know when you've had enough?"asked Tom.

"Well, I'll tell you. Do you see those two lights at the end of the bar? When they seem to have become four, you've had enough and should go home.""But, Dad,"said Tom, "I can only see one light at the end of the bar."

used to do 過去常常做某事 bar 酒吧

一堂有用的課

在英國，十八歲以下的人不允許在酒吧里喝酒。湯姆森先生以前經常去他家附近的一家

酒吧喝酒，但是他從來不帶他的兒子湯姆去，因為他還太小。

當湯姆過十八歲生日時，湯姆森先生第一次把兒子帶到了他常去的那家酒吧。他們喝了半小時的酒后，湯姆森對兒子說， “湯姆，現在我想給你上有用的一課。你必須時刻小心，不要喝得太多。” “你怎么知道你已經喝得差不多了呢？”湯姆問。

“好，讓我來告訴你。你看到酒吧那頭的兩盞燈嗎？當它們好像變成四盞時，就說明你已經喝夠了，該回家了。” “但是，爸爸，”湯姆說，“我看到酒吧那頭只有一盞燈啊。”