1.Knife and Drum 刀和鼓  Ma: Pa, I don‘t think the neighbors like the new drum we got Johnny for Christmas. Pa: Why not? Ma: They gave him a knife and asked him if he knew w...

1.Sharing the Apples Harry was given two apples, a small one and a large one, by his Mum. Share them with your sister, she said. So Harry gave the small one to his little sister a...

  1.Wheres the father?  Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings. 'Look,' said the elder brother. 'How nice these paintings are!' 'Yes,' said the younger, '...

1.The smart Old Lady An old lady who was very deaf and who thought everything too dear, went into a shop and asked the shopman:‘ How much this stuff?‘ ‘Seven dollars, Madam, it ...

1.To be on the Safe Side In a cinema during a performance one of the audience gets up, makes his way along the row of seats and goes out into the foyer（门厅，大厅） . A few minut...

1.A Present Kate: Mom, do you know what I‘m going to give you for your birthday? Mom: No, Honey, what? Kate: A nice teapot. Mom: But I‘ve got a nice teapot. Kate: No, you haven...

  1.A Girl‘s Name When our daughter was born, we named her Myles, after my beloved late（已故的） father, despite family warning that the name was too masculine（男性的） . ...

'My friend, I say I had some trouble.' A man said to his friend,' yesterday I had words with my wife. After that she punched the door and rushed out angrily with the word that she ...

 1.Midway Tactics Three competing store owners rented adjoining（毗连的） shops in a mall. Observers waited for mayhem（故意的伤害罪，蓄意的破坏） to ensue. The retailer on th...

Guest: 'Why does your dog sit there and watch me eat?' Hotel Host: 'I can‘t imagine, unless it‘s because you have the plate he usually eats from.'   翻译；   客人：“...