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Nasreddin and the Pot 纳斯雷丁和一个罐子的故事
One day Nasreddin borrowed a pot from his neighbor Ali. The next day he gave it back with another little pot inside.
一天，纳斯雷丁向邻居借了一个罐子。第二天，他还回罐子时，这个罐子里还套有一只小罐子。
“That’s not mine,” said Ali.
“那个小的不是我的。”阿里说。
“Yes, it is ,” said Nasreddin, “Your pot had a baby last night.”
“不，这是你的。”纳斯雷丁说，“你罐子昨晚生了一个小罐子。”
Some time later Nasreddin asked Ali to lend him a pot again. Ali agreed and wanted to receive two pots in return once again. However, days passed and Naserddin did not return the pot. Finally Ali lost patience and went to take it back.
过了一段时间，纳斯雷丁又要阿里借给他一个罐子。阿里以为纳斯雷丁这次仍会还回两个罐子，就同意了。然而，许多天过去，纳斯雷丁没有将罐子还回来。最后，阿里失去了耐心，等不及了，自己去要回罐子。
“I’m sorry,” said Nasreddin, “I can’t give you back your pot. It died yesterday.”
“对不起，”纳斯雷丁说，“你的罐子还不了，它昨晚死了。”
“Died?” screamed Ali, “How can a pot die?”
“死了！”阿里大叫着，“一个罐子怎么会死呢？”
“Well,” said Nasreddin, “your pot can have a baby. Why can’t it die?”
“哎，”纳斯雷丁说，“既然罐子会生孩子，为什么它不会死呢？”
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Vocabulary 词汇 |
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wisdom n. 智慧；才智
pot n. 壶；罐；锅
borrow v. 借（来）
neighbor n. 邻居
brought (bring 的过去式) 带来
another pron. 另一（个）
last a. 最后的；刚过去的
later ad. 后来；以后 |
lend v. 借（出）
agree v. 同意
receive v. 收到；受到
however ad. 然而
pass v. 过去；传；递
lost （lose 的过去式） 失去
patience n. 耐心；忍耐
die v. 死亡 |
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Proper names 专业名词 |
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Nasreddin 纳斯雷丁（人名） |
Ali 阿里（人名） |
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