1.Nest and Hair My sister, a primary school teacher, was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom. 'What kind of bird?...

1.Stupid Question Dan was the doorman of a club in a big city. Everyday, thousands of people passed his door, and a lot of them stopped and asked him, 'What‘s the time, please?' A...

  1.He Won Tommy: How is your little brother, Johnny? Johnny: He is ill in bed. He hurt himself. Tommy: That‘s too bad. How did that happen? Johnny: We played who could lean ...

1.Its not that A: I saw seven girls share one umbrella and none of them got wet. B: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella. A: No, it wasn‘t raining. 翻译： 不是那样的 A：我看见7个...

1.The King‘s Brother    A poor man， presenting himself before the King of Spain，asked his charity， telling him that he was his brother． Theking desiring to know how ...

1.Ask your own Ask Your OwnIt was a cold，raw day at Washington．Champ Clark was discussing the gamins of the cities with an English visitor．The latter expatiated on the wit of ...

   1.a girl just your mother   No matter which girl he brought home， the young man found disapproval from his mother． A friend gave him advice． “Find a girl just...

1.A Boy with a Big Head   A boy cried to his mother, 'All the children make fun of me. They say I have a big head.' 'Don‘t listen to them,' his mother said, 'You have a be...

  1.borrow an ox Once upon a time, there lived a rich man, but he didn‘t know any words. One day, one of his friends wanted to borrow an ox from him, so he wrote a note an...

  1.A Small Surprise   When his wife was expecting their third child, a father decided to tell his two sons, ages seven and nine, the facts of life. He checked out sever...