分店 fēn diàn A Branch Office
一个人站在墙角处，两手各托一顶帽子，乞求施舍。
有个路过的行人停下来，往一顶帽子里扔了一枚硬币，
然后问道：“另一顶帽子是干什么用的？”
“近来生意极好，我决定开一个分店，”那人答道。
yí gè rén zhàn zài qiáng jiǎo chù, liǎng shǒu gè tuō yì dǐng mào zi, qǐ qiú shī shě.
yǒu gè lù guò de xíng rén tíng xià lái, wǎng yì dǐng mào zi lǐ rēng le yì méi yìng bì,
rán hòu wèn dào:“lìng yì dǐng mào zi shì gàn shén me yòng de?”
“jìn lái shēng yì jí hǎo, wǒ jué dìng kāi yì jiā fēn diàn,” nà rén dā dào.
A man was standing at a corner, with a hat in each hand, waiting for handouts. A passer-by stopped and dropped a coin in one hat, then asked, "What's the other hat for?"
"Business has been so tremendous lately. " the man replied. " that I decided to open a branch office . "
笔记 bǐ jì Notes:
(1) corner 墙角处 qiáng jiǎo chù
(2) hold in the palm 托 tuō
(3) beg 乞求 qǐ qiú
(4) handout 施舍 shī shě
(5) to 往 wǎng
(6) throw 扔 rēng
练习 liàn xí Exercises:（T）Or（F）
① The man was sitting at a comer.
② Before the man, there were two hats on the ground
③ The man was waiting for a certain person.
④ The passer-by put a coin in each of the two hats
⑤ The man would really open a branch office.
参考答案 cān kǎo dá àn Reference answer：
①F②F③F④F⑤F
① yí gè rén zhàn zài qiáng jiǎo chù.
② nà gè rén liǎng shǒu gè tuō mào zi.
③ nà gè rén zài qǐ qiú shī shě.
④ yǒu gè lù guò de xíng rén wǎng yì dǐng mào zi lǐ rēng le yì méi yìng bì
⑤ nà gè rén méi yǒu kāi fēn diàn, tā zhǐ shì yòng le liǎng dǐng mào zi.
That person didn't open a branch, he just used two hats.
