The children seemed to find it very amusing that their ball had broken my windows, but they went off with their tails between their legs when I told them they would have to pay for the damage.

• 孩子们球打破了我的窗户，看来他们还认为这是件非常有趣的事，可是当我告诉他得赔偿损失时，他们灰溜溜地走了。