三、Mike告诉我英语里也有寓言故事,这不,他给我找来了一篇小故事并告诉我文章中有一个小问题,让我试着去解决。
The Hungry Hunter
Will was a hardworking hunter. One day he was running out of food. He was very hungry. Fortunately, he met two shepherds called Tom and Sam. Tom had four pieces of bread and Sam had five. Will, the hunter, asked, “May I have some bread?” Tom, the shepherd, answered, “Of course you can. And we will divide the bread equally for us. ” Will was very happy. He said, “Thank you very much. ” After getting the bread, Will gave the shepherds eight pounds for them.
Here is the question. Tom, the shepherd, had four pieces of bread, while Sam, the shepherd, had five. They divided all the bread into three parts for themselves equally. The hungry hunter Will paid eight pounds for his share. How should they divide the nine pieces of bread equally?

我对文中的pound一词有些疑惑,Mike告诉我：
pound一词有两种意思,作为重量单位,意思为“磅”；作为英国的货币单位,pound的全称为pound sterling,中文意思是“英镑”。pound原先只作为重量单位,用作货币单位的pound来源于a pound of silver的说法。作为重量单位时,pound用“lb”来表示单位。作为货币单位时,以“£”来表示,以此来区别各自的用法。
在妈妈的帮助下我得到了译文,这下我就能轻松回答故事中的问题了。
饥饿的猎人
威尔是一个勤劳的猎人。一天,他吃光了所有食物,十分饥饿。幸运的是,他遇到了两个牧羊人,汤姆和山姆。汤姆有四片面包,山姆有五片。猎人威尔问道：“可以分给我一些面包吗?” 牧羊人汤姆回答：“当然可以,我们三个人可以平分这些面包。” 威尔非常开心,他说：“非常感谢。” 得到面包后,威尔一共给了这两个牧羊人八英镑。
问题是牧羊人汤姆有四片面包,山姆有五片。他们将面包平均分为三份,饥饿的猎人威尔为自己得到的部分付了八英镑,那么他们应该怎样平等地分这九片面包?
他们应该

每人分 3 片面包。