A dog owner claimed that his pet, when given money, would go to the news stall to buy a paper. his friend insisted on a demonstration and handed the dog some money - the dog trotted off, but an hour later he had still not returned with the paper.
一位養(yǎng)狗人宣稱：要是給了愛(ài)犬錢，它便會(huì)到賣報(bào)亭買份報(bào)紙來(lái)。他的朋友堅(jiān)持要來(lái)個(gè)演示，并給了狗一些錢。狗一溜小跑著去了。但一個(gè)小時(shí)過(guò)去了，仍不見(jiàn)它帶報(bào)紙回來(lái)。

"how much did you give him?" asked the owner.
一位養(yǎng)狗人宣稱：要是給了愛(ài)犬錢，它便會(huì)到賣報(bào)亭買份報(bào)紙來(lái)。他的朋友堅(jiān)持要來(lái)個(gè)演示，并給了狗一些錢。狗一溜小跑著去了。但一個(gè)小時(shí)過(guò)去了，仍不見(jiàn)它帶報(bào)紙回來(lái)。

"five dollars.
“五元?！?/div>

"well, that explains it. when you give him five dollars, he goes to a movie.
"這就是了。你給它五元錢時(shí)，它就去看電影。

【注釋】

(1) claim v.聲稱

(2) when given money是 when he?was given money 的省略

(3) news stall n.售報(bào)亭

(4) insist on 堅(jiān)持

(5) demonstration n.演示

(6) trot off 小步跑開(kāi)