Demanding notes can be hilarious, but so too can kids' letters of apology.
寫紙條提要求可說(shuō)是令人捧腹，孩子們的道歉信也同樣引人發(fā)笑。

Corrine writes 'to whom it may concern' to say that she's sorry for stealing a pretty rock. She says she'll even do some extra chores and will give money to the church 'as a sacrifice'.
考琳寫信給“有關(guān)人士”說(shuō)，她對(duì)偷了一快漂亮的石頭表示歉意。她說(shuō)她甚至?xí)鲆恍╊~外的家務(wù)，還會(huì)捐錢給教會(huì)以“作為贖罪供品”。

With eight sad faces at the bottom of her letter, she is clearly very sorry. It must have been a very pretty rock indeed.
在她的信的結(jié)尾處畫了八個(gè)悲傷的臉部表情，顯然她感到十分抱歉。那塊石頭應(yīng)該是一塊非常漂亮的石頭。

Every grandparent likes to receive a good thank you letter.
每位祖父母都喜歡收到感謝信。

Dillon clearly knew this when he sent his grandma and grandpa a card for his present, despite not being able to remember what it was. At least he was honest!
狄倫給他的爺爺奶奶寫感謝卡片時(shí)，肯定也清楚知道這一點(diǎn)，雖然他不記得爺爺奶奶送的禮物是什么，至少他是誠(chéng)實(shí)的！

And some kids just say it like it is. 'I am sorry your about to die,' Mitchell wrote to his grandfather in hospital. It's okay though, because he drew a nice smiley face in the corner.
而有些孩子們只會(huì)實(shí)話實(shí)說(shuō)?！拔液苓z憾，您就要死了?！边@是米切爾寫給住院的祖父的信。不過(guò)這沒(méi)關(guān)系，因?yàn)樗诮锹淅锂嬃艘粡埰恋男δ槨?/p>

Vocabulary:

unflattering: 直白的

simile: 比喻

veteran: 老兵

（翻譯：雷鵬博 編輯：馬文英）