ln the Bar?

????In England, if you are under the age of eighteen，you're not allowed to drink in a public bar.

????Mr. Thompson used to go to a bar near his house, but he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young. Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr.Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time.

????They drank for half an hour, and then Mr.Thompson said to his son, "Now, Tom, I want to teach you a lesson, You must always be careful not to drink too much. And how do you know when you've had enough? Well, I'll tell you. Do you see those two lights at the end of the bar? When they seem to have become four, you've had enough and should go home."“But, Dad,"said Tom,"l can only see one light at the end of the bar.”

在酒吧

????在英格蘭(England)，年齡在18歲以下(under the age of eighteen)的人不允許(be not allowed to do)到公眾(public)酒吧里喝酒(drink).

????湯普森先生過去經(jīng)常(used to)到他家附近(near)的一個酒吧喝酒，但他從不帶(take)他的兒子(son)湯姆，因為(because)他還太小(too young)。當湯姆過18歲生日(birthday)時，他第一次(for the first time)帶兒子去了他經(jīng)常去的酒吧(his usual bar)。

????喝了半個小時(half an hour)后，湯普森對兒子說道，“湯姆，現(xiàn)在我給你上—課(teach you a lesson)。你必須(must)要小心(be careful)決不要喝太多。那怎樣才能知道你是否已經(jīng)喝夠了(enough)呢? 聽著，我告訴你。你看見(see)酒吧盡頭的(at the end of)那兩盞燈(light)了嗎? 當它們看起來(seem)已經(jīng)變成(become)四盞的時候，你就喝足了，應該(should)回家(go home)了。""可是，爸爸，"湯姆說，"我只(only)看見那兒有一盞燈呀!”