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玛丽的母亲将近70岁了，玛丽和丈夫想送老太太一份精美的生日礼物。因为老太太喜欢喝茶，所以玛丽就买了一个专门的电器,既能泡茶，又能在早上把人叫醒。玛丽把它用漂亮的纸包起来，并在老太太生日那天带了过去。老太太打开包装后，玛丽就教她如何使用。 "你睡觉前，把茶放在茶壶里，把水放在水壶里，"她说给老太太听，"但不要忘记打开电源。这样，你早上醒了，茶就泡好了。” 几天后,老太太打电话来说:“可能我太笨了，但有一件事我实在不明白：我为什么非得睡觉才能泡茶呢！” Birthday Present Mary’s mother was nearly seventy, and Mary and her husband wanted to give the old lady a nice birthday present. She liked drinking tea, so Mary ordered an electric machine which made the tea and then woke you up in the morning. She wrapped it up in pretty paper and brought it to her mother on her birthday. Then her mother opened the package. Mary showed her how to use it. “ Before you go to bed，put tea in the pot and the water in the kettle, ” she explained to the old lady, “and don't forget to switch the electricity on. Then, when you wake up in the morning, your tea will be ready. ” After a few days, Mary's mother rang up and said, “Perhaps I’m rather silly, but there's one thing I’m confused about： why do I have to go to bed and make the tea!，， |
