侯冬意

1. The cigarettes will be on fire

Mary was so disgusted at her husbands cigarette smoking that she complained to him one day， “I hope that all the cigarette factories will catch fire someday.”

“Dont worry， dear. All the cigarettes will be on fire sooner or later.” He said with a smile.

烟卷会点着的

玛丽非常讨厌丈夫吸烟，一天对他抱怨说：“我希望有一天所有卷烟厂都失火。”

“不用担心，亲爱的，所有的烟卷迟早都会点着的。”丈夫笑着说。

2. Put your feet in

The school girl was sitting with her feet stretched far out into the aisle （n. 过道）， and was busily chewing gum， when the teacher see this. “Mary！” called the teacher sharply. “Yes， Madam？”

questioned the pupil， “Take that gum out of your mouth and put your feet in！”

把脚放进去

一个女学生坐在座位上，嘴里起劲地嚼着口香糖，脚却伸到课桌间的走道里，被老师发现了。“玛丽！”老师严厉地叫她。“什么事，老师？”这女学生问。“把口香糖从嘴里拿出来，把脚放进去。”

3. Sharing the apples

Harry was given two apples by his Mum， a small one and a large one. “Share them with your sister，” she said.

So Harry gave the small one to his little sister and started eating the large one.

His sister said， “If Mum had given them to me Id have given you the large one and had the small one myself.”

“Well，” said Harry， “thats what youve got， so what are you worrying about？”

分苹果

妈妈给了哈里两个苹果，一个大，另一个小。“跟妹妹分着吃。”妈妈说。

所以，哈里就把小个的给了妹妹，自己开始啃那个大个的。妹妹说：“如果妈妈给了我，我会把大的给你，把小的留给自己的。”

“对呀”，哈里说，“你拿到的不就是小的吗？还着什么急呀？”

4. Two birds

Teacher： Here are two birds， one is a swallow， and the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which？

Student： I cannot point out but I know the answer.

Teacher： Please tell us.

Student： The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.

两只鸟

老师：这儿有两只鸟，一只是燕子，另一只是麻雀。谁能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀吗？

学生：我指不出，但我知道答案。

老师：请说说看。

学生：燕子旁边的就是麻雀，麻雀旁边的就是燕子。

5. A dollar per point

A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait.

Once the test was over the students all handed the tests back in. The professor noticed that one of the students had attached a $ 100 bill to his test with a note saying “A dollar per point.”

The next class the professor handed the tests back out. This student got back his test and $ 64 change.

一分一美元

一天，教授正在给学生们监考。他发下试卷，然后回到讲台前等待。

考试结束了，学生们纷纷交回试卷。教授发现一张试卷上别着一张百元钞票，还有一张纸条写着：“一分一美元。”

第二堂课，教授把试卷都发回学生们手中。其中一个学生不但拿回了试卷还得到64块钱的找零。

8. The Kings Brother

A poor man， presenting himself before the King of Spain， asked his charity， telling him that he was his brother. The king desiring to know how he claimed kindred to him. The poor fellow replied， “We all have one common father and mother—Adam and Eve.” Upon which the king gave him a little copper piece of money. The poor man said， “Is it possible that your Majesty should give no more than this to your brother？” “Away， away， ” replies the king， “if all the brothers you have in the world give you as much as I have done， youll be richer than I am.”

国王的兄弟

一个穷汉去见西班牙国王，说自己是他的兄弟，求他施恩周济。国王想知道他何以攀认亲戚。穷汉回答说，“我们有共同的祖先——亚当和夏娃。”听了这话，国王就给了他一个小铜子儿。于是穷人叫屈说：“难道您国王陛下就给兄弟这么一点点钱吗？”“走开，快走，”国王回答，“如果世界上你所有的兄弟们都像我这样给你一个铜板，你就比我还有钱了。”