早安 #苏州# #每日英语#
4－4＝？
4减4等于几？
One day, the teacher inquired Peter: "How much is four minus four?" Peter was tongue-tied.
一天，老师问彼得：“4减4等于几？”彼得张口结舌答不上来。
The teacher got angry and said: "What a fool! You see, if I put four coins in your pocket, but there is a hole in your pocket and all of them leak out, now what is left in your pocket?"
老师生气地说：“真笨！比如我给你衣袋里装进4个硬币，可你衣袋上有个窟窿，硬币全从这里漏掉了，那么，你衣袋里还剩下什么？”
"The hole." replied Peter.
“还剩下个窟窿。”彼得答道。

You must know what you can do and what you cannot do. When probability is not on my side, I never gamble. No matter whether it was horse or gambling, I never lost money.
一定要知道什么是自己能做到的，什么是自己做不到的。当概率不站在我一边的时候，我从来不赌。无论是赌马、赌博，我都没输过钱。

1207. upheaval /ʌp’hivl/ n.

原意：动乱；剧变
例句： Wherever there is political upheaval, invariably there are refugees.
哪里有政治动乱，哪里就一定有难民。
僻意： (地壳)隆起
例句： The island was created by an upheaval of the ocean floor. 这个岛由海底隆起形成。

#英文报刊中的熟词僻意#