The Goats on the Bridge | 桥上的山羊

English Original

This is a true story from a university entrance exam in Taiwan.

The English composition question provided a prompt and asked candidates to complete the story. The prompt was:

One day the black goat meet the white goat on a bridge.

One candidate wrote the following response:

Then the black goat asked the white goat: "Can you speak Chinese?"
The white goat answered: "Why not!"

And then proceeded to write the rest of the composition entirely in Chinese.


中文翻译

这是一个发生在台湾大学联考中的真实故事。

英文作文试题提供了一个开头提示,要求考生接着完成全文。提示如下:

一天,黑山羊和白山羊在桥上相遇。

一名考生的回答如下:

然后黑山羊问白山羊:“你会说中文吗?”
白山羊回答:“当然会!”

随后,该考生用中文写完了作文的其余部分。

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