1 一個好學生
Teacher: Why are you late?
Student: There was a man who lost a hundred dollar bill.
Teacher: That's nice. Were you helping him look for it?
Student: No. I was standing on it.
老師：你為什麽遲到？
學生：有一個人丟了一百美元的鈔票。
老師：很好。你幫他找了？
學生：沒有，我踩著錢來著。
2 明天早上數
It’s a night. John is looking at the sky.
Tom is John’s younger brother. He asks John “What are you doing?”
John says, “I’m counting stars.”
Tom laughs and says, “It’s really dark now. Why not count them tomorrow morning?”
這是一個晚上。約翰抬頭看著天空。
湯姆是約翰的弟弟。他問約翰：“你在幹什麽?”
約翰說：“我在數星星。”
湯姆笑著說：“現在天空太黑了。你為什麽不等到明天早上再數呢?”
3 完美的兒子
A: I have the perfect son.
B: Does he smoke?
A: No, he doesn't.
B: Does he drink whiskey?
A: No, he doesn't.
B: Does he ever come home late?
A: No, he doesn't.
B: I guess you really do have the perfect son. How old is he?
A: He will be six months old next Wednesday.
A：我有一個完美的兒子。
B：他抽煙嗎？
A：不，他不抽。
B：他喝威士忌？
A：不，他不喝。
B：那他回家晚嗎？
A：不，他沒有。
B：我想你確實有一個完美的兒子。他幾歲了？
A：下周三他將六個月大。
4 雙重錯誤
A: Just look at that young person with the short hair and blue jeans. Is it a boy or a girl?
B: It's a girl. She's my daughter.
A: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know that you were her father.
B: I'm not. I'm her mother.
A看那個有一頭短發穿著藍色牛仔褲年輕的人。是男孩還是女孩？
B：這是一個女孩。她是我的女兒。
A：哦，對不起，先生。我不知道你是她的父親。
B：我不是。我是她的母親。
5 錯號
A teenage girl had been talking on the phone for about half an hour, and then she hung up.
"Wow!" said her father, "That was short. You usually talk for two hours. What happened?"
"Wrong number," replied the girl.
一個十幾歲的女孩一直在講電話約半小時，然後她掛斷了電話。
“哇！”她的父親說，“很短啊。你通常要講兩個小時。怎麽回事？”
“打錯了，”姑娘回答說。
6 單槍匹馬
Teacher: Did you father help you with your homework?
Student: No, he did it all by himself.
老師：你爸爸幫你做作業了是嗎？
學生：不，他自己全做完了。
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