1.Doctor:"Ihavesomebadnewsandsomeworsenews.Thebadnewsisthatyouhaveonly24hourslefttolive."Patient:"Thatisbadnews.Whatcouldbeworse?"
Doctor:"I'vebeentryingtoreachyousinceyesterday."
醫生:“我有一些壞消息,還有一些更壞的消息。壞消息是你隻剩下24小時的生命了。”病人:“那是個壞消息。還有什麽比這更糟的嗎?”
醫生:“從昨天開始我就一直在...[
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1.Misunderstanding
Ourfirstdayataresort,mywifeandIdecidedtohitthe
beach.WhenIwentbacktoourroomtogetsomethingto
drink,thehotelmaidwasmakingourbed.Igrabbedmy
coolerandwasonmywayoutwhenIpausedandasked,
“Canwedrinkbeeronthebeach?”
“Sure,”shesaid,“butIhavetofinishtherestoftherooms
first.”
1.誤解
我們在度假村的第一天,我和妻子決定去海...[
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(1)WepurchasedanoldhomeinnorthernNewYorkStatefromtwoelderlysisters.Winterwasfastapproaching,andIwasconcernedaboutthehouse'slackofinsulation.“Iftheycouldlivehereallthosedays,socanwe!”myhusbandconfidentlydeclared.OneNovembernightthetemperatureplungedtobelowzero,andwewokeuptofindinteriorwallscoveredwithfrost.Myhusbandcalledthesisterstoaskhowtheyhadkeptthehousewarm.Afterabriefconvers...[
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FinishingupourworkatatradeshowinSanDiego,myco-workerMaureenandIdecidedto
gosightseeingacrosstheborderinTijuana,Mexico.Whilethere,wewentshoppingandboughta
fewpiecesofclaykitchenware.AswecrossedbackintotheUnitedStates,acustomsofficialaskedif
wehadanythingofvaluetoreport.“Notreally,”Maureenreplied,digginginherbagforthebeancrockshehadpurchased.Everyonearoundusfrozeasshecontinue...[
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MyfriendAnnandIwereeatingataChineserestraurant.Whenanelderlywaitersetchopsticksatourplaces,Annmadeapointofreachingintoherpurseandpullingoutherownpair."Asanenvironmentalist,"shedeclaired,"Idonotapproveofdesdroyingbambooforestforthroughawayutensils."
Thewaiterinspectedherchopsticks."Verybeautiful,"hesaidpolitely,"Ivory."
Google譯文:
我和我的朋友安在一...[
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