a very new, young officer
3 at a
4 station. he was
5 to visit his mother, and he wanted to telephone her ,to tell her the time of his train.he looked in all his pockets,but
7 that he
8 not have the
9 for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for
10 to help him.
at last an old soldier
11 by, and the young officer stopped him and
12,“have you
13 change for ten
14?”
“wait a moment,”the old soldier answered,
15 to put his hand in his
6.“i'll see
16 i can help you.”
“don't you know how to speak to an officer?” the young man said angrily. “now let's start again have you got change for ten pence?”
“no,sir,” the old soldier answered quickly.
年轻军官与老兵
一位新(new)上任的年轻(young)军官(young officer)在火车站(railway station)候车。他要去看望(visit)他的母亲(mother)。他想打电话(want to telephone sb.)告诉(tell)母亲他的列车(train)到站的时间。但寻遍了所有的口袋(pocket),却发现(find)他没有打电话用的硬币(coin),于是他走到车站外面(outside),环顾四周(look around)想找人帮忙(help)。