初中英语故事美元和十美元.docx

初中英语故事四美元和二十美元
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Story 88  Four Dollars and Twenty Dollars
故事88  四美元和二十美元
“I'm sorry, Madam, but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth.”
“对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”
“Twenty dollars! Why, I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!”
“20美元！为什么？不是说好只要4美元。”
“Yes, but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office.”
“是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四个病人吓跑了。”
Why the dentist charge the mother 20 dollars for pulling her boy’s tooth?
A. He always charges his patients at this price.
B. The youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office
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