英文笑話：When Was Rome Built? (Reading)

英文笑話：When Was Rome Built? 羅馬是什麽時候建成的?
Teacher: When was Rome built?
Tom: At night.
Teacher : Who told you that?
Tom: You did. You said Rome wasn't built in a day.

教師：羅馬是什麽時候建成的？
湯姆：夜裏。
教師：誰跟你這麽說的？
湯姆：是您。您說過羅馬不是在一個白天建成的.




英文笑話：Settle Down and Settle Up 一字之差

When my brother, a notorious spender, came home for a visit, he told my father he was going to get married and settle down. Dad said, "Why don't you stay single and settle up."

我的哥哥是個有名的揮霍者。他回家來時，告訴父親說他要結婚了，要安定下來。父親說：“你為什麽不實行獨身主義，先把欠債還清呢？” 注：settle down是“安定下來”，而settle up 是“還清欠債”意思，二者雖隻是up與 down不同，但意思卻完全不同.