【oncethreemenboughtseventeenoranges.thefirstmanwantedonehalf;thesecondone,onethird;oncethreemenboughtseventeenoranges.thefirstmanwantedonehalf;thesecondone,onethird;andthethird,oneninth.itwasnotpossibletodividetho】

oncethreemenboughtseventeenoranges.thefirstmanwantedonehalf;thesecondone,onethird;

oncethreemenboughtseventeenoranges.thefirstmanwantedonehalf;thesecondone,onethird;andthethird,oneninth.itwasnotpossibletodividethoseseventeenorangesastheywanted.justastheywereinsuchadifficulty,asmallboycameupwithanorangeinhishand.theboysaid,"don'tworryaboutthat.letmedividethemforyou."firstofall,withhisownorangeaddedtothem,hemadethenumberoforangeseighteen.thenhegaveninetothefirst,sixtothesecondmanandtwotothethirdman.hegaveawayseventeeninallandtookhisownforhimself.thesemenpraisedtogether,"whatacleverboy!"

从前三个人买了17个橘子,第一个人想要其中的一半,第二个人要三分之一,第三个人要九分之一.如他们所想要的那样来分这17个橘子是不可能的.正在他们为难时,一个小男孩手里拿着个橘子过来了.小男孩说：“不要担心,让我来为你们分配吧.”首先,他把自己的1个橘子加进去,使橘子的数量为18,然后,他给第一个人9个,第二个人6个,第三个人2个.他共分出去17个,又拿回自己的哪个.这些人一起称赞：“多聪明的孩子啊!”

Infact,therewere_______appleswhenthesmallboywasdividingthem.

（是Infact,therewere_______orangeswhenthesmallboywasdividingthem.打错了)