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One Summer Night
一個(gè)夏天的夜晚
A father with his son went on a camping trip. They set up their tent in the afternoon. At night, they went to asleep. Some hours later, the father woke1 his son and asked, “Look up to the sky and tell me what you see?”
Son: I see the stars, a ring around the moon, and some clouds.
Father: And what do those tell you?
Son: They tell me it will be cloudy or rainy tomorrow. Why do you ask me these, Dad?
The father slapped2 the son hard and said, “Idiot3. Someone has stolen4 our tent. Do you know?”
一位父親帶著兒子去露營(yíng)。在下午,他們搭起了帳篷。在夜晚,他們睡著了。幾個(gè)小時(shí)后,父親叫醒了兒子,問(wèn)道:“抬頭看看天空,告訴我你看到了什么?”
兒子:我看到了星星,月亮周圍的光環(huán),還有云朵。
父親:那說(shuō)明了什么?
兒子:它們告訴我明天會(huì)是陰天或雨天。爸爸,你為什么問(wèn)我這些?
父親狠狠地打了兒子一巴掌,說(shuō):“白癡。有人偷了我們的帳篷,你知不知道?”
Teacher and Pupil
老師和小學(xué)生
Teacher: Your grades are terrible. I shall send for your father!
Doctors daughter: If I were you, Teacher, I wouldnt. My daddy always charges5 20 dollars for each visit!
老師:你的成績(jī)太差了。我要叫你父親來(lái)!
醫(yī)生的女兒:老師,如果我是你,我不會(huì)的。我爸爸每次會(huì)面都要收20美元!
Shoot or Shoot?
射擊還是拍電影?
In an African forest, a lion suddenly bounced6 on Allans wife.
Wife: Shoot him! Shoot him!
Allan: Yes! Yes! I am changing the battery7 of my camera!
在非洲森林里,一只獅子突然撲向艾倫的妻子。
妻子:快射它!射它!
艾倫:好的!好的!我正在給我的攝影機(jī)換電池呢!
Going to See a Movie
去看電影
Emma: Lets go for movie.
Becky: Sorry! Ive got a doctors appointment8 today.
Emma: Just cancel9 it. Tell him youre sick.
埃瑪:我們?nèi)タ措娪鞍伞?/p>
貝基:對(duì)不起!我今天和醫(yī)生有約。
?,敚耗蔷腿∠?,告訴他你病了。
Catching the Train
趕火車
A farmer is working on the farm. A man comes and asks, “Excuse me, sir. Would you mind if I get across your field instead of10 going around it? You see, I have to catch the train at 4:23.”
The farmer says, “Sure, go right ahead. And if my bull sees you, youll even catch the train at 4:11.”
一個(gè)農(nóng)民在農(nóng)場(chǎng)工作。一個(gè)人過(guò)來(lái)問(wèn)他:“對(duì)不起,先生,如果我穿過(guò)你的田地而不是繞著走,你介意嗎?你看,我得趕4點(diǎn)23分的火車?!?/p>
農(nóng)夫說(shuō):“當(dāng)然可以,一直往前走!如果我的公??吹侥?,你甚至可以趕上4點(diǎn)11分的火車?!?/p>