1.Prepare Yourself A story around campus has it that a student once sent a telegram to his parents reading: 'Mom - flunked（不及格，失败） all courses. Kicked out of school. Prepar...

Just want to take a day off A big challenge of running a small business is dealing with employees‘ requests for time off. One morning an employee said, 'I need to leave early tomo...

1.WHAT‘S THE TIME The two boys were camping in the backyard. When they couldn‘t figure out what time it was, the first boy said to the second, 'Start singing very loud.' 'How wi...

1. Two sisters were looking at a book of religious pictures and came across a painting of the Virgin and the baby Jesus. 'See there,' said the older sister, 'that‘s Jesus, and th...

1.Its not that A: I saw seven girls share one umbrella and none of them got wet. B: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella. A: No, it wasn‘t raining. 翻译： 不是那样的 A：我看见7个...

Mr and Mrs Yates had one daughter. Her name was Carol, and she was nineteen years old. Carol lived with her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she did not l...

At a jewelry store, a young man bought an expensive locket as a present for his girlfriend. 'Shall I engrave her name on it?' the jeweler asked. 在一家珠宝店里，一位年轻人买了一个...

  1.I‘m  driver of the bus 我是司机 A short young man was running behind a bus which was full of passengers. But the bus still ran at a great speed. 'Stop, stop, ' a p...

  1.A Girl‘s Name When our daughter was born, we named her Myles, after my beloved late（已故的） father, despite family warning that the name was too masculine（男性的） . ...

  1.I wasn‘t asleep When a group of women got on the car, every seat was already occupied. The conductor noticed a man who seemed to be asleep, and fearing he might miss his...