安老師英文寫作教室

ABC

Tom had just learned his abc's and was very scared of doing them in front of the class.

湯姆剛學完abc等英文字母，他很怕在全班面前背這些英文字母。

The teacher, though, told him that the best way to conquer his fears would be to just go ahead and do it.

然而老師告訴他，克服他恐懼感的最好方法是，直接走向前去背出來。

So, trembling, he stood in front of the class and began.

於是，他顫抖的站在全班面前開始背。

"ABCDEFGHIJLKMNOQRSTUVWXYZ."

"Very good, Tom. But you forgot the P. Where's the P?”

“非常好，湯姆。但是你忘了P。P在哪裡?”

"It's running down my leg."

“它正順著我的腿流下去。”

[這是一種標準的說故事的寫法。因為故事是過去發生的事，所以整篇的動詞都用過去式，只有在引用對話的時候，動詞用現在式。中英文時態的表達方式不同，所以時式是同學寫作時很容易犯的錯誤。安老師把這短篇笑話的過去式動詞都用紅色標示出來，同學可以多讀幾遍體會它的用法。

P是兒語說尿尿，不認識這個字，看不出這笑話的笑點，笑不出來。]