Two Birds

兩只鳥(niǎo)

Teacher： Here are two birds， one is a swallow， the other is a sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which？

Student： I cannot point out but I know the answer.

Teacher： Please tell us.

Student： The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.

老師：這兒有兩只鳥(niǎo)，一只是麻雀，一只是燕子。誰(shuí)能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀嗎？

學(xué)生：我指不出，但我知道答案。

老師：請(qǐng)說(shuō)說(shuō)看。

學(xué)生：燕子旁邊的就是麻雀，麻雀旁邊的就是燕子。

Goldfish

金魚(yú)

Stan： I won 92 goldfish.

Fred： Where are you going to keep them？

Stan： In the bathroom.

Fred： But what will you do when you want to take a bath？

Stan： Blindfold（蒙眼睛） them！

斯丹：我贏了92 條金魚(yú)。

弗雷德：你想在哪兒養(yǎng)它們？

斯丹：浴室里。

弗雷德：但是你想洗澡時(shí)怎么辦？

斯丹：蒙住它們的眼睛！

If I Am a Manager

如果我是一個(gè)經(jīng)理

One day in class， the teacher assigned his students to write a composition “If I Am a Manager”.

All the students began to write except a boy. The teacher went to him and asked the reason.

“I am waiting for my secretary.”was the boys answer.

一天課上，老師要同學(xué)們以“如果我是一個(gè)經(jīng)理”為題寫一篇作文。

所有的學(xué)生都在動(dòng)筆寫了，只有一個(gè)男生例外。老師走過(guò)去問(wèn)他為什么不寫。

“我在等我的秘書(shū)?！蹦呛⒆哟鸬馈?/p>

Sunset

日落

Father： This is The Sunset my daughter painted. She studied painting abroad， you know.

Friend： Ah， that accounts for it！ I never saw a sunset like that in this country.

父親：這幅《日落》是我女兒畫(huà)的，你知道，她曾在國(guó)外學(xué)過(guò)畫(huà)畫(huà)。

朋友：啊，怪不得！我在本國(guó)還從來(lái)沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)這樣的日落。

（徐芳香 供稿）