一位狗主人聲稱要是給他的寵物狗點錢,它就會去報亭買一張報紙回來。他的朋友堅持讓狗狗示范一下,并給了狗狗點錢。這條狗一溜小跑就出去了,但是一個小時過后,狗狗仍沒有帶著報紙回來。
"How much did you give him?" asked the owner.
“你給了它多少錢?”狗的主人問到。
"Five dollars."
“五美元”
"Well, that explains it. When you give him five dollars, he goes to a movie."
“那這就是它沒回來的原因了。你給了它五美元,它就去看電影了”