小学英语单词趣谈：I am broke

　　I am broke 我没钱了

　　One day when I was walking in the school corridor, Anna ran over to me and said, "I’m broke. May I ...?" I thought she might have fallen somewhere and was injured, so I hurriedly supported her with my hands and asked her, "Are you OK? Do you want me to send you to the clinic?" She felt a little puzzled, but then she said , "I’m ok. I’m broke. May I borrow some money?"

　　I assumed that she wanted to borrow money to go to hospital to see a doctor, so I responded quickly, "Let me help you to call an ambulance to the hospital."

　　Not until then did she realize that I had not understood what she meant. She told me that "I’m broke" meant, "I’m penniless." I suddenly saw the light too.