Today I will tell about expressions using numbers.
Let us start with the number one.
Numbers can be tricky.
On the one hand, they are simply numbers.
On the other hand, they have meanings.
I for one use these expressions a lot.
Many people consider themselves number one, the most important person.
They are always looking out for number one and taking care of number one.
It is as if they are the one and only person on Earth.
Some people however, are not so self-centered.
My brother is such a person.
It is true ?C no joke.
I am not trying to pull a fast one on you.
First, you have to understand that my brother is one in a million.
He is such a nice person.
All his friends like him.
They consider him one of the boys.
Recently, my brother had a bad day at the office.
It was just one of those days.
Nothing went right.
So he stopped at a local bar -- a drinking place -- after leaving work.
My brother planned to have a glass of beer with his friends -- a quick one
?C before he went home.
But a quick one turned into one or two, and soon those became one too many.
As my brother was leaving, he ordered a last drink -- one for the road.
His friends became concerned.
One by one, they asked him if he was able to drive home safely.
Now my brother is a wise and calm person.
He is at one with himself.
He recognizes when he has had too much alcohol to drink.
So he accepted an offer for a ride home from a female friend.
At one time in the past, my brother had been in love with this woman.
She is a great person -- kind, thoughtful and intelligent -- all good
qualities rolled up into one.
But sadly their relationship did not work.
He always used to say "One of these days, I am going to marry this girl."
But that never happened.
For one thing, she did not love him as much as he loved her.
It was just one of those things.
The situation was regrettable and my brother had to accept it.
But even now, he considers her the one that got away.
However, they are still friends.
And because my brother had been kind to her, she felt that one good turn
deserves another.
He was good to her and she wanted to help him in return.
So she drove him home.
If my brother had driven home from the bar that night, his number would
have been up.
Something bad would have happened.
Thankfully he made it home safely.
And, he and the woman are back to square one.
They are back to where they started ?C being friends.
參考答案:今天我将会告诉关于使用数字的表达的事.
让我们从一号开始.
数字可能是狡猾的.
在一方面, 他们只是数字.
另一方面, 他们有意义.
我为一种使用这些表达很多.
许多人考虑他们自己一号, 最重要的人.
他们总是为一号小心而且照顾一号.
它是好像他们是那一和只有人在地球上.
一些人然而, 不是这么自我中心的.
我的兄弟是如此的一个人.
它是真实的 ?C 没有笑话.
我没有在尝试在你上拉快速的.
首先, 你必须了解我的兄弟在一个百万中是一.
他是如此的一个美好的人.
他所有的朋友像他.
他们视他为男孩之一.
最近, 我的兄弟在办公室有了一个坏的日子.
它只是那些数天之一.
毫不正确地去了.
因此他在一个地方停止了除 -之外- 一个喝地方 -- 在离开工作之后.
我的兄弟计画和他的朋友有一杯啤酒 -- 一个快的
?他前的 C 回家.
但是一个快的变成一或者二, 和很快那些变成了一太许多.
如我的兄弟正在离开, 他命令了一种最后的饮料 -- 为道路的一.
他的朋友变成关心.
一如果他能够安全地开车回家，一，他们问他.
现在我的兄弟是一个明智的和平静的人.
他是在一点和他自己.
当他已经有太多酒精喝的时候，他认识.
因此他为来自一位女性的朋友的一个乘坐家接受了提议.
在次过去, 我的兄弟已经是这一个女人.
她是一个伟大的人 -- 亲切的，深思的和聪明的 -- 所有的善行卷起的质量进入一之内.
但是悲伤地他们的关系没有工作.
他总是过去一直说 "这些数天之一, 我要与这一个女孩结婚."
但是从不发生了.
对于一件事物, 她没有爱他爱她的像他一样的很多.
它只是那些事物之一.
情形是可叹的和我的兄弟必须接受它.
但是甚至现在, 他考虑她的那一个哪一逃离.
然而, 他们静止的是朋友.
而且因为我的兄弟对她已经是类型, 她感觉那一个好旋转该得到另外一.
他很好对她和她想要帮助他作为回报.
因此她开车了他回家.
如果我的兄弟那夜晚已经驾驶来自酒吧的家, 他的数字会已经是向上的.
坏的东西会发生.
感谢的他安全地使了它回家.
并且, 他和女人回来一致一.
他们对他们开始的地方回来 ?C 身为朋友.