五年级的英语小故事

Going to the Sun During the Night

When the Americans were getting ready to send their firstmen to the moon， an old Irishman was watching them on tele vision in the bar of a hotel．

There was an Englishman in the bar too， and he said tothe Irishman，“The Americans are very clever， aren't they？They're going to send some men to the moon． It's a very longway from our world．”

“Oh that's nothing，”the Irishman．answered quickly．“The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a fewmonths’ time． That's much farther away than the moon， youknow．”

The Englishman was very surprised when he heard this．“Oh， yes， it is．” he said，“but the sun's too hot for people togo to．”

The Irishman laughed and answered．“Well，the Irish aren't stupid， you know． We won't go to the sun during theday， of course． We'll go there during the night．”

夜间到太阳上去

当美国人正准备将他们第一批宇航员送上月球时，有一个上了年纪的爱尔兰人在一家旅馆的酒巴里正从