Hair and Beard

头发和胡子

Lucy always wanted to become a teacher,

露西一直想成为一名教师,

because she liked children.

因为她喜欢孩子。

When she was twenty-one years old,

当她21岁时,

she began teaching in a small school.

她开始在一个很小的学校教学。

She was a good teacher,

她是一个好老师,

and she laughed a lot with the children in her class.

她在班上与孩子们有说有笑。

They enjoyed her teaching.

他们喜欢她的教学。

One day, one of the girls in her class asked her,

一天,一个女孩在班里问她,

"Why does a man's hair become grey before his beard does?"

“为什么一个人的头发比胡子先变成灰色呢?”

Mary laughed and answered. "

玛丽笑着回答。

I don't 'know, Helen.

“我不知道,海伦。”

" Then one of the boys said, "I know !

其中一个男孩说,“我知道!

Men's hair becomes grey first because

男人的头发变成灰色因为

it's sixteen years older than their beard. "

头发的年龄要比胡子年长16岁。

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词汇表

laugh

笑