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Unit 8 Talking Parrot
第8單元 會說話的鸚鵡
A lady was walking down the street to work. A parrot was perched on the side-walk outside a pet store.
一名女士走路上班時經過一家寵物店，看到有只鸚鵡棲息在店外人行道上。
The parrot said to her, “Hey lady, you are really fat.” Well, the lady is very angry!She stormed past the store to her work.
那只鸚鵡對她說：“喂，小姐，你好胖哦。”想也知道這名女士聽了很生氣！便怒氣沖沖地經過這家店上班去了。
On the way home she saw the same parrot and it remarked to her, “Hey lady, youare really fat.”
下班回家路上，她又看到同一只鸚鵡，結果鸚鵡又開口對她說：“喂，小姐，你好胖哦。”
She was very pissed off now. The next day the same parrot again said to her, “Heylady, you are really fat.”
她這回被惹毛了。第二天，同一只鸚鵡又對她說同樣的話：“喂，小姐，你好胖哦。”
The lady was so ticked that she went into the store and told the store manager shewould sue the store and kill the bird. The store manager replied, “That’s not good,” and promised the parrot would not call her fat again.
這名女士火冒三丈，沖進店里跟老板說她要告這家店，把那只鸚鵡給宰了。老板回答：“這樣不好吧！”并向她保證那只鸚鵡不會再說她胖了。
When the lady walked past the store that day after work the parrot called to her, “Heylady.”
這名女士那天下班經過這家店時，又聽到鸚鵡在叫她：“喂，小姐。”
She looked at the bird and said, “Yes?”
她看著這只鸚鵡，說道：“怎么樣？”
The bird remarked, “You know.”
這只鸚鵡說：“你知道的啊。”
【美】 Tara McAteer 著 黃惟郁 譯上海交通大學出版社出版
