万能的警察蜀黍：熊孩子打911问数学题

 　　A four-year-old has his own way of “call for help" when it comes to do the maths.

　　遇到数学难题时，这个四岁的熊孩子自有特殊的“求助”之道。

　　Told by mum to "call when you need help", a boy aged¹ four naming Johnny called 911.

　　妈妈告诉他“遇到问题需要帮助的时候可以打电话”，这个名叫强尼的四岁小男孩拨打了911。

　　Any way, his conversation with the operator² went like this:

　　总之，他与警察局接线员的对话是这样的。

　　Operator: 911 emergencies.

　　接线员：911专线。

　　Boy: Yeah I need some help.

　　男孩：嗯，我需要帮助。

　　Operator: What’s the matter?

　　接线员：什么事情？

　　Boy: With my math.

　　男孩：数学。

　　Operator: With your mouth?

　　接线员：抢劫？

　　Boy: No with my math. I have to do it. Will you help me?

　　男孩：不，是数学。我要做数学题。你能帮助我吗？

　　Operator: Sure. Where do you live?

　　接线员：好的。你住在哪里？

　　Boy: No with my math.

　　男孩：不，是帮我做数学题。

　　Operator: Yeah I know. Where do you live though?

　　接线员：是的我知道。你住在哪里？

　　Boy: No, I want you to talk to me on the phone.

　　男孩：不，我想要你在电话里告诉我。

　　Operator: No I can’t do that. I can send someone else to h

　　elp you.

　　接线员：我不能在电话里跟你说，不过我可以派另外一个人来帮助你。

　　Boy: Okay.

　　男孩：好吧。

　　Operator: What kind of math do you have that you need help with?

　　接线员：你想要我帮你做什么数学题？

　　Boy: I have take aways.

　　男孩：减法。

　　Operator: Oh you have to do the take aways.

　　接线员：哦，你要做减法题。

　　Boy: Yeah.

　　男孩：是啊。

　　Operator: Alright, what’s the problem?

　　接线员：好吧，是什么问题呢？

　　Boy: Um, you have to help me with my math.

　　男孩： 嗯，你要帮我做数学题。

　　Operator: Okay. Tell me what the math is.

　　接线员：好的。告诉我是什么题目。

　　Boy: Okay. 16 take away 8 is what?

　　男孩：好。16减去8是多少？

　　Operator: You tell me. How much do you think it is?

　　接线员：你来告诉我。你觉得答案是多少？

　　Boy: I don’t know, 1.

　　男孩：我也不知道。答案是1吗？

　　Operator: No. How old are you?

　　接线员：不对。你多大了？

　　Boy: I’m only 4.

　　男孩：我才4岁。

　　Operator: 4!

　　接线员：4岁！

　　Boy: Yeah.

　　男孩：对啊。

　　Operator: What’s another problem, that was a tough one.

　　接线员：还有其他题吗？刚才那题太难了。

　　Boy: Um, oh here’s one. 5 take away 5.

　　男孩：嗯……哦，还有一题。5减去5。

　　Operator: 5 take away 5 and how much do you think that is?

　　接线员：5减去5，你觉得答案是多少呢？

　　Boy: 5.

　　男孩： 答案是5吗？

　　Woman: Johnny what do you think you’re doing?!

　　妈妈：强尼，你到底在干什么？！

　　Boy: The policeman is helping³ me with my math.

　　男孩：警察叔叔在帮我做数学题。

　　Woman: What did I tell you about going on the phone?

　　妈妈：我怎么告诉你的？别瞎打电话！

　　Operator: It’s the mother…

　　接线员：是你妈妈……

　　Boy: You said if I need help to call somebody.

　　男孩： 你不是说，我遇到问题可以打电话吗？

　　Woman: I didn’t mean the police.

　　妈妈：不可以打电话报警！

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 operator   

n.（机器、设备等的）操作员；电话接线员

参考例句：

• He is a computer operator.他是个电脑操作员。
• The telephone operator connected us.话务员给我们接通了电话。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。