Tom is old, and he lives by himself a long way from town.

湯姆年齡大了，他一個人住，離城鎮(zhèn)很遠。

One day he goes into town to buy something in some shops. Then he goes into a restaurant and sits down at a table.

有一天他進城去商店里買一些東西。然后他走進一家餐廳在一張桌子旁坐下。

When he looks around, he sees several old people put eyeglasses on before reading their newspapers.

當(dāng)他環(huán)顧四周，他看到一些老人在看報紙之前戴上了眼鏡。

So after lunch he walks to a shop to buy some glasses. The man in the shop makes him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always says, “No, I can’t read with these.”

所以午餐過后，他走到商店去買一些眼鏡。商店里的人讓他試戴許多眼鏡，但湯姆總是說:“不，戴上這些眼鏡我就認不了字了。”

The man becomes more and more surprised. He says, “Excuse me, but can you read?”

這個人變得越來越驚訝，他說：“冒昧問一下，你認字嗎？”

“No, of course I can’t!” Tom says, “I think some good glasses can help me.”

“當(dāng)然不認識！”湯姆說，“我覺得某些好的眼鏡可以幫助我?！?/span>