1. Are They Worn Out? "No," growled the quartermaster, "you can't have a new pair of shoes. The pair you have aren't worn out." "Not worn out," cried the recruit, " Why, if I step on a dime I can feel if it's head or tails." 还没穿破? “不行,”军需官大声说：“你不能领一双新鞋子,你穿着的那双还没有穿破.” “没穿破,”新兵叫道：“为什么?如果我踩到一个一角硬币,我可以知道踩着的那面是公还是字.” 2.Sunset 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. 日落 父亲：这幅《日落》是我女儿画的,你知道,她曾在国外学过画画. 朋友：啊,怪不得!我在本国还从来没有见过这样的日落. 3.A Great Man Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alive today? Student: Of course. He must be a great man, for so far nobody has lived to over 400 years. 一名伟人 老师：如果莎士比亚还活着,他会是一名伟人吗? 学生：当然.因为到目前为止,还没有人活到400多岁. 4.Where is the father? Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings. "Look," said the elder brother. "How nice these paintings are!" "Yes," said the younger, "but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. Where is the father?" The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained, "Obviously he was painting the pictures." 父亲在哪儿? 兄弟俩在看一些漂亮的油画. “看,”哥哥说,“这些画多漂亮呀!” “是啊,”弟弟说道,“可是在所有这些画中,只有妈妈和孩子.那爸爸去哪儿了呢?” 哥哥想了会儿,然后解释道：“很明显,他当时正在画这些画呗.” 5.THREE PEOPLE A man visiting a graveyard saw a tombstone that read, "Here lies John Kelly, a lawyer and an honest man." "How about that!" he exclaimed. "They've got three people buried in one grave." 三个人 有一个人参观墓地时见到一块墓碑上写着：“在这里安息的是约翰凯利,一个律师,一个诚实的人.”“这是怎么回事!”他叫了起来.“他们在一个坟墓了埋了三个人.”
