why do you never phone me?
Mrs Harris lives in a small village. Her husband is dead, but she has one son. He is twenty-one and his name is Geoff. He worked in the shop in the village and lived with his mother, but then he got work in a town and went and lived there. Its name was Greensea. It was quite a long way from his mother's village, and she was not happy about this, but Geoff said, "There isn't any good work for me in the country, Mother, and I can get a lot of money in Greensea and send you some every week."
Mrs Harris was very angry last Sunday. She got in a train and went to her son's house in Greensea. Then she said to him, "Geoff, why do you never phone me?"
Geoff laughed. "But, Mother", he said, "you haven't got a phone."
"No," she answered, "I haven't, but YOU'VE got one!"
哈瑞斯夫人住在一个小村子里。她的丈夫死了,但她有一个儿子。他叫杰弗,二十一岁了,在小村子里的一个商店工作,并和妈妈住在一起。但他后来在镇上找到了一份工作,并住在了那里。那个镇叫绿海,离他妈妈的村子很远。因此他妈妈很不开心,但杰弗说道:“妈妈,这里没有一个工作适合我。我在绿海可以挣到很多钱,而且可以每周寄给你一些。”
哈瑞斯夫人上个星期日非常生气,她坐火车到了儿子那里。她对儿子说:“杰弗,你为什么总不给我打电话?”杰弗笑了。他说,“妈妈,你没有电话。”“是的,”他妈妈回答,“我是没有,但是你有啊!”