There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot. There werethree parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one, $10,000; and the third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner, "How come this guy is $5,000? That's so expensive for this kindof parrot." The owner said, "Because I have trained him and he can talk." So the customer asked him, "How about this guy? What can he do that makes him so expensive?" The owner said, "Well, apart from talking, he can also do some amusing1 actions, like dancing and so on. That's why he's so expensive." Then the customer said, "How about the third one? What canhe do that makes him so expensive?" The owner of the shopsaid, "I don”t know. Normally2, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him 'The Boss.'"
有個人到一間商店買鸚鵡。店里有三只鸚鵡，其中一只賣五千元，另一只賣一萬元，還有一只賣三萬元。顧客問老板：“為什么這只要賣五千元？這個價錢對這種鸚鵡來說太貴了！”老板說：“因為我有訓(xùn)練他講話?！鳖櫩陀謫?：“那這只呢？他會做什么？為什么要賣這么貴？”老板說：“他除了會說話之外，還會表演一些有趣的動作，好比說跳舞等等，所以才賣這么貴?！鳖櫩徒又謫?：“那第三只呢？他會做什么？為什么要賣這么貴？老板說：“我不知道。我從沒聽過他講話、吹口哨或唱歌，也沒看過他跳舞，什么都沒有！不過另外兩只叫他：““老板！””
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1 amusing
adj.有有趣的，好玩的
參考例句：
The girl was amusing herself with a doll.那女孩在玩洋娃娃自娛。 He related some amusing stories in his childhood to his children.他向孩子們述說了他少年時代的一些趣事。
2 normally
adv.正常地，通常地
參考例句：
I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六買東西。 My pulse beats normally.我脈搏正常
