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幽默故事中英文对照幽默故事中英文对照幽默故事中英文对照 New Discovery A hillbilly was visiting the big city for the first time. Entering an office building, he saw a pudgy older woman step into a small room. The doors closed, lights flashed, and after a while the door slid open and a beautiful young model stepped off the elevator. Blinking in amazement, the hillbilly drawled, “I should have brought my wife!“ 新发现 一个乡下人第一次到大城市游逛他走进一座大楼，看见一个岁数很大的矮胖女人迈进一个小房间房间的门随后关上，有几个灯在闪亮一会儿，门开了，电梯里走出一位年青漂亮的女模特 乡下人惊奇地眨着眼睛，慢吞吞地说：“我应该把我的老婆带来!”Prepare Yourself A story around campus has it that a student once sent a telegram to his parents reading: “Mom - flunked all courses. Kicked out of school. Prepare Pop.“ Two days later he received a response: “Pop prepared. Prepare yourself.“ 己做好准备 校园里流传着这样的故事：一个学生一次给父母拍了一份电报，上面写着：“妈妈－我所有功课都不及格，被学校开除。

让爸爸做好准备 ” 两天以后，他收到了回电：“爸爸已准备好你自己做好准备吧!” Part-time Job When my son was a hign-school sophomore, he got a part-time job sacking groceries at a supermarket. He came home all smiles. “How was your first day?“ I asked. “It was great, Dad,“ he replied. “I got to talk to some good-looking girls.“ Since Stephen is not very talkative, I asked, “What did you say to them?“ “Do you prefer paper or plastic?“ 业余工作我儿子在一所中学读二年级时，在一家超级市场找到了一份包装商品的业余工作他满面笑容地回到了家 “第一天感觉如何？”我问 |“好极了，爸爸 ”他答道， “我跟许多漂亮的女孩子讲了话 ” 由于斯蒂芬不善言谈，我问道：“你跟他们说了些什么？” “你是喜欢纸包装还是塑料包装？Difference “I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class,“ observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at California State University in Los Angeles. “When I say, 'Good afternoon,' the undergraduates respond, 'Good afternoon.“ But the graduate students just write it down.“ 区 别“研究生班和本科生很容易就能区别开来， ”在洛杉矶加利福利亚州立大学给我们研究生上工程学课的老师如此说。

“我说‘下午好’ ，本科生们回答说‘下午好’ 研究生们则把我说的话记在笔记本上 keep the changeOne sweltering day, I was scooping ice cream into cones and told my four children they could “buy“ a cone from me for a hug. Almost immediately, the kids lined up to make their purchases. The three youngest each gave me a quick hug, grabbed their cones and raced back outside. But when my teen-age son at the end of the line finally got his turn to “buy“ his ice cream, he gave me two hugs. “Keep the changes,“ he said with a smile.不用找了有一天天气闷热，我将冰淇淋舀进锥筒，告诉我的四个小孩，他们可以从我这里用拥抱“购买”一筒。

于是，孩子们马上排起了队来购买较小的三个孩子每人很快的抱了我一下，抓过冰淇淋筒就跑到外面去了最后轮到排在队尾十年的大儿子来“买”冰淇淋时，他拥抱了我二下 “不用找了， ”他笑着说Bedtime Prayers Julie was saying her bedtime prayers. “Please God,“ she said, “make Naples the capital of Italy. Make Naples the capital of Italy.“ Her mother interrupted and said. “Julie, why do you want God to make Naples the capital of Italy?“ And Julie replyed, “Because that's what I put in my geography exam!“ 睡前祷告词 朱莉叶在做睡前祷告 “上帝，求求你， ”她说， “让那不勒斯成为意大利的首都吧 ” 妈妈打断她的话说：“朱莉叶，为什么求上帝让那不勒斯成为意大利的首都呢？” 朱莉叶回答道：“因为我在地理考卷上是这样写的。

” That's Why Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them. They said, “This boy's going to be famous when he's little older, and then we're going to sell these pictures for a lot more money.“ Jimmy's pictures were different from other people's because he never painted on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty. “That's very clever,“ everyone said, “Nobody else does that!“ One day somebody bought one of Jimmy's pictures and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the top half?“ “Because I'm small,“ Jimmy said, “and my burshes don't reach very high.“ 原来如此 吉米三岁开始画画，五岁时已经画得很好了。

他画了很多美丽而有趣的画，人们出高价购买他们说， “这个孩子长大一点肯定会出名，我们可以靠这些画大赚一笔 ” 吉米的画与众不同因为他从来不在整张纸上作画他只画一半的纸，而另一半他总空着 “构思多么巧妙啊!”大家都说， “从来没有人这么做过 ” 有一天，一个人买了吉米的画，然后问他：“请告诉我，吉米，你为什么总是在纸的下半部分画画，而不是在纸的上半部分？” 吉米说， “因为我个头小，够不着上面 ” I'm Glad A Sunday-school teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad. “Now, children,“ she said, “has anyone of you ever made someone else glad?“ “Please, teacher,“ said a small boy, “I've make someone glad yesterday.“ Well done. Who was that!“ “My granny.“ “Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad.“ “Please, teacher, I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her three hours. Then I said to her, 'Granny, I'm going home.' and she said, 'Well, I'm glad'!“ 我很高兴 一个主日学校的教师正在对学生讲使别人高兴的重要性。

“听着，孩子们， ”她说， “你们当中有谁曾让别人高兴过吗？” “我，教师， ”一个小男孩说， “昨天我就使别人高兴过 ” “做得好，是谁呢？” “我奶奶 ” “好孩子现在告诉我们，你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的？” “是这样的，教师昨天我去看她，在她那儿呆了三个小时然后我对她说：‘奶奶，我要回家了 ’她说：‘啊，我很高兴 ’ ” Problem in ArithmeticBill is a good student and an intelligent boy. He likes to study arithmetic, and he can do all of the arithmetic problems in his book easily. One day on his way to school Bill passed a fruit store. There was a sign in the window which said, “Apple-Six for five cents.“ An idea came to Bill and he went into the store. “How much are the apples?“ he asked the store. “Six for five cents.“ “But I don't want six apples.“ “How many apples do you want?。