But Grandma Is 但是奶奶聾

Spending the night with their grandparents, 2 young boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers at bedtime. The younger boy began praying at the top of his lungs:"I PRAY FOR A BIKE... I PRAY FOR A NEW DVD..."

2個男孩與祖父母一起過夜，他們跪在床邊做睡前禱告。弟弟聲嘶力竭地祈禱: "我祈求一輛自行車，一張新DVD……"

His older brother nudged him and said, "Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn't deaf."

哥哥用肘輕推他: "你為什么大喊著祈禱？上帝又不聾。"

To which the little brother replied, "No, but Grandma is!"

弟弟答道:"上帝是不聾，但是奶奶聾。"

1.spend

spend的用法

1. 在使用spend時,主語只能是表示人的名詞或代詞。

例如: Andy spent a lot of money on books. Andy花了很多錢買書。

2. 若表示"在......上花費(時間、金錢等)",常用句型spend some money/ some time on sth.,介詞on后接名詞或代詞。

例如: Kitty spends two hours on her homework every day. Kitty每天花兩個小時做家庭作業(yè)。

3. 若表示"花費(時間、金錢等)做某事",則常用句型spend some money / some time (in) doing sth.,此時第二個動詞要用動詞-ing形式,介詞in可以省略。

例如:They spent 4450 yuan buying the big colour TV set. 他們買那臺大彩電花了4450元。

另外,spend也有"度過"的意思。

例如:They want to spend their summer holiday in the country.他們想去鄉(xiāng)下過暑假 相關(guān)近義詞比較：take, cost

2.deaf

盲人：the blind

聾啞人：deaf

殘疾人：disabled people