Girl's Name I named my daughter Myles,after my beloved late father,despite family warning that the name was too masculine. Years later,I explained to Myles,"I named you after my own father because I loved him very much." Myles said,"I don't understand why my grandfather had a girl's name." 女孩的名字 我给女儿取名叫迈尔斯，和我深爱的业已过世的父亲同名，不顾家人提醒说这个名字太男性化了。 几年以后，我对她解释说：“我给你取了一个和我爸爸一样的名字，因为我非常爱他。” 迈尔斯说：“我不知道外公为什么会有一个女孩子的名字。” Persistance Returning from a golf outing,I was greeted by Sara,my four-year-old daughter."Daddy,who won the golf game?You or Uncle Richie?" "We don't play golf to win,"I hedged."We just play to have fun." Undaunted,Sara said,"Okay,Daddy,who had more fun?" 缠住不放 我打完高尔夫球回来，四岁的女儿莎拉迎了上来：“爸爸，谁赢了高尔夫球比赛，是你还是理查叔叔？” “我们打高尔夫球不是为赢，”我推诿说，“我们打球只是为了好玩而已。” 莎拉毫不气馁，又问：“那么，爸爸，谁觉得更好玩呢？” maths exam 数学考试 Father:Why did you make so many mistakes in yesterday's maths exam,Tom? Tom:Because there was something wrong with my calculator. 父亲：汤姆，昨天的数学考试为什么错了那么多？ 汤姆：因为我的计算器出毛病了。 Dar win 达尔文 Mary:Do you know Darwin? Li Lei:Yes.I have learnt it for two years.Darwin is more difficult than Chinese and German. 玛丽：你知道达尔文吗？ 李雷：知道。我学过两年，达尔文比中文和德文难学多了。 Where's my cap? 我的帽子呢？ Teacher:(Class is over)Where's my cap? Jack:It's on your head. Teacher:Thank you very much.Otherwise,I'll go home without a cap 老师：（下课了）我的帽子呢？ 杰克：在您头上。 老师：太感谢了，要不，我就要光着头回家了。
