Neighbours邻居

Neighbours邻居


The Browns are the Smiths’ neighbours. Mr Brown’s name is John, but when his neighbours talk about him, they call him “Mr Going-to-do”.


布朗一家是史密斯家的邻居。布朗先生的名字叫约翰，但是当他的邻居们谈论他时，他们叫他“将要做的先生”。


Do you know why? Mr Brown always says he is going to do something, but he never does it.


你知道为什么吗？布朗先生总是说他要做某事，但他从未做过。


Every Saturday Mr Brown goes to the Smiths’ back door and talks to Mr Smith. He always says he is going to do something.


每个星期六布朗先生都去史密斯家的后门和史密斯先生聊天。他总是说他要做某事。


“I’m going to clean my house today,” he says, or “I’m going to wash my car tomorrow,” or “These trees in front of my house are too big. I’m going to cut them down next week.”


“我今天要打扫我的房子，”他说，或“我明天要洗车，”或“我房子前面的这些树太大了。我打算下周把它们砍掉。”


But Mr Smith knows his neighbour isn’t going to do those things.


但史密斯先生知道他的邻居不会做这些事情。


Mr Smith often says to his only child Dick, “Are you going to do something? Then do it. Don’t be another ‘Mr Going-to-do’.”


史密斯先生经常对他唯一的孩子迪克说:“你想做某个事情那就去做。不要做另一个‘将要做的先生’。”