河北省阜城縣古城中學(xué) 張超 供稿
幽默小故事
河北省阜城縣古城中學(xué) 張超 供稿
You Are Wrong
Mother:Tom,which month is longer,May or June?
Tom:May,of course.
Mother:No,June is longer,because it has four letters,yet May has only three letters.
Tom:That’s it.Then which month do you think comes first?
Mother:January does.
Tom:No,April usually comes first in every dictionary.
Mother:OK.Do you know what country has the most people?
Tom:That’s easy.China has the most people.
Mother:Aha.You are wrong again.The United Nations has the most people.
你錯(cuò)了
媽媽:湯姆,五月和六月哪個(gè)月更長(zhǎng)?
湯姆:當(dāng)然是五月啦。
媽媽:哦,不是的,六月更長(zhǎng)一些,因?yàn)樗兴膫€(gè)字母,而五月只有三個(gè)字母。
湯姆:你說(shuō)得沒(méi)錯(cuò)。那么你認(rèn)為哪個(gè)月先到來(lái)呢?
媽媽:一月。
湯姆:錯(cuò)啦。在每一本字典中四月總是先出現(xiàn)。
媽媽:好吧。那你知道哪個(gè)國(guó)家人口最多嗎?
湯姆:太簡(jiǎn)單了。中國(guó)人口最多。
母親:哈哈,你又錯(cuò)了。聯(lián)合國(guó)人口最多。
Father and Son
Father:I promised to buy you a car if you passed your exam,and you have failed.What were you doing last term?
Son:I was learning how to drive.
父親和兒子
父親:如果你通過(guò)了考試,我答應(yīng)給你買(mǎi)一輛車,而你卻沒(méi)有通過(guò)。上學(xué)期你干什么了?
兒子:我在學(xué)習(xí)開(kāi)車。
You Get Zero
During a Christmas exam,one of the questions was:“What causes a depression1?”O(jiān)ne of the students wrote on the paper:“God knows!I don’t.Merry Christmas!”
The exam paper came back with the professor’s words:“God gets 100!You get zero! Happy New Year!”
你得了0分
圣誕節(jié)期間的一次考試,其中的一個(gè)問(wèn)題是:“造成經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條的原因是什么?”一個(gè)學(xué)生在試卷上寫(xiě)道:“上帝知道!我不知道。圣誕快樂(lè)!”
試卷帶著教授的批語(yǔ)發(fā)了下來(lái):“上帝得了100分!你得了0分。新年快樂(lè)!”
Customer and Waiter
Customer:Waiter,just look at the chicken you served.It’s nothing but skin and bones!
Waiter:What else do you want,sir?Would you also like the feathers?
顧客和服務(wù)員
顧客:服務(wù)員,看看你端上來(lái)的雞肉。除了皮和骨頭,什么也沒(méi)有!
服務(wù)員:先生,你想要?jiǎng)e的什么?難不成你還喜歡雞毛嗎?
We’ll Be All Square
Brown:John,would you lend me fifty dollars if I asked you?
John:Yes,I suppose so.
Brown:All right,then,lend me fifty,but just give me twenty-five of it.
John:OK.But why?
Brown:Then you’ll owe2me twenty-five,and I’ll owe you twenty-five,and we’ll be all square3.
我們倆扯平了
布朗:約翰,如果我開(kāi)口的話,你能借給我五十美元嗎?
約翰:會(huì)的,我想我會(huì)的。
布朗:好的,那么,就借給我五十美元吧,但你只需給我25美元即可。
約翰:好的。但這是為什么呢?
布朗:那么,你將欠我25美元,我也欠你25美元,我們扯平了。
My Gum
I took my three-year-old son,Jack,to the supermarket.Jack got tired of walking,so I made him ride on my shoulders.As I walked,Jack began pulling my hair.Although I asked him calmly to stop several times.He kept on.Getting angry,I scolded,“Jack!Stop that!”
“Daddy,”he replied,“I’m just trying to get my gum back.”
我的口香糖
我?guī)е龤q的兒子杰克去逛超市。杰克走累了,我便讓他騎在自己的肩上。走著走著,杰克開(kāi)始不停地拽我的頭發(fā)。我好幾次耐著性子讓他老實(shí)點(diǎn)兒,可他就是不聽(tīng),最后我發(fā)火了,呵斥道,“杰克,不要鬧了!”
“爸爸,我只是想拿回我的口香糖,”杰克回答道。
3.all square勢(shì)均力敵,不相上下;扯平,互不相欠