A teacher asked a student to write 55.
一位老师要求学生写下55。
Student asked: How?
学生：怎么写呢？
Teacher: Write 5 and beside it another 5!
老师：写一个5，然后在旁边再写一个5。
The student wrote 5 and stopped.
结果学生写了一个5之后就停下来了。
teacher: What are you waiting for?
老师：你在等什么？
student: I don't know which side to write the other 5.
学生：我不知道在哪边写另外一个5。

Notes：
1.How
How=How to write 55?
单独用作疑问词。
1． 问身体健康等情况。
How are your parents? 你父母身体好吗？
How are things in your father’s factory? 你爸爸厂里的情况怎么样？

2． 问天气状况。
How is the weather today? 今天天气怎么样？

3．询问方式。
How does your mother go to work every day? 你妈妈每天怎么去上班？
How can I carry the box upstairs? 我怎样才能把这箱子搬到楼上呢？

4．询问程度。
How do you like this book? 你觉得这本书怎么样？

2.beside
by, beside, near都可以表示在…旁边
1) by和beside均表示“在…旁边”，常可换用
Come and sit beside (/by) me. 过来，坐在我边上。
2) near表示“在……附近”，表示的距离比by和beside稍远些，也时常换用
Don't play near the road. 不要在马路附近玩。