InTheAir

　　Mattandhiswifelivedinthecountry.Mattwasverystingy(吝啬)andhatedspendingmoney.Onedayafair(集市)cametothenearbytown.

　　“Let’sgotothefair,Matt,”hiswifesaid,“Wehaven’tbeenanywhereforalongtime.”

　　Mattthoughtaboutthisforawhile.Heknewhewouldhavetospendmoneyatthefair.Atlasthesaid,“Allright,butI’mnotgoingtospendmuchmoney.We’lllookatthings,butwewon’tbuyanything.”

　　Theywenttothefairandlookedatallthethingstobuy.ThereweremanythingsMatt’swifewantedtobuy,buthewouldnotletherspendanymoney.

　　Then,inanearbyfield,theysawasmallairplane.

　　“Funflight!”thenoticesaid,“$10for10minutes.”

　　Matthadneverbeeninanairplaneandhewantedtogoonafunflight.However,hedidn’twanttohavetopayforhiswife,aswell.

　　“I’veonlygot$10,”hetoldthepilot.(飞行员).“Canmywifecomewithmeforfree?”Thepilotwasn’tsellingmanytickets,sohesaid,“I’llmakeabargainwithyou.Ifyourwifedoesn’tscreamorshout,shecanhaveafreeflight.”

　　Mattagreed,andgotintothesmallairplanewithhiswife.

　　Thepilottookoffandmadehisairplanedoallkindsofthings.Atonemomentitwasflyingupsidedown.

　　Whentheplanelanded,thepilotsaid,“O.K.yourwifedidn’tmakeasound.Shecanhaveherridefree.”

　　“Thankyou,”Mattsaid.“itwasn’teasyforher,youknow,especially(尤其)whenshefellout.”

　　译文：

　　Matt和他的老婆住在乡下.Matt十分吝啬及怕花钱.有一天,隔壁村有举办了一个集市.

　　“让我们去集市吧,Matt,”他老婆说,“我们很长时间没有出去了.”Matt想了一会儿.他知道他去集市会花钱.最后他说,“好的.不过我将不会花很多钱.我们只看,不买.”

　　他们去了集市看要买的东西.那里有很多东西Matt的老婆想买,但是他不让她花一分钱.

　　过了一会,在旁边的一块地上,他们看见了一架小飞机.

　　“有趣的飞行!”有个提示上写着,“花十块钱玩十分钟.”

　　Matt从来没有坐过飞机,所以他想玩这个.但是,他又不想为他老婆付钱玩.

　　“我只有10块钱.”他告诉飞行员.“可不可以让我老婆免费坐?”飞行员不是卖票的.所以他回答：“我给你个优惠.如果你老婆不乱喊乱叫,她就可以免费坐飞机.”

　　Matt同意了,跟他老婆一起上了飞机.

　　飞行员表演了各种技能.其中有一个是倒过来飞.当飞机落地时,飞行员说,“很好,你老婆没有出声音,她可以免费.“

　　”Matt说,“这对她来说不容易.你知道么?特别是当她掉出去的时候.”