But Grandma Is 但是奶奶聋

Spending the night with their grandparents, 2 young boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers at bedtime. The younger boy began praying at the top of his lungs:"I PRAY FOR A BIKE... I PRAY FOR A NEW DVD..."

2个男孩与祖父母一起过夜，他们跪在床边做睡前祷告。弟弟声嘶力竭地祈祷: "我祈求一辆自行车，一张新DVD……"

His older brother nudged him and said, "Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn't deaf."

哥哥用肘轻推他: "你为什么大喊着祈祷？上帝又不聋。"

To which the little brother replied, "No, but Grandma is!"

弟弟答道:"上帝是不聋，但是奶奶聋。"

1.spend

spend的用法

1. 在使用spend时,主语只能是表示人的名词或代词。

例如: Andy spent a lot of money on books. Andy花了很多钱买书。

2. 若表示"在......上花费(时间、金钱等)",常用句型spend some money/ some time on sth.,介词on后接名词或代词。

例如: Kitty spends two hours on her homework every day. Kitty每天花两个小时做家庭作业。

3. 若表示"花费(时间、金钱等)做某事",则常用句型spend some money / some time (in) doing sth.,此时第二个动词要用动词-ing形式,介词in可以省略。

例如:They spent 4450 yuan buying the big colour TV set. 他们买那台大彩电花了4450元。

另外,spend也有"度过"的意思。

例如:They want to spend their summer holiday in the country.他们想去乡下过暑假 相关近义词比较：take, cost

2.deaf

盲人：the blind

聋哑人：deaf

残疾人：disabled people