An old lady who was very deaf and who thought everything too dear, went into a shop and asked the shopman:‘ How much this stuff?‘ ‘Seven dollars, Madam, it is very cheap.‘ The...

Mr and Mrs Jones very seldom go out in the evening, but last Saturday, Mrs Jones said to her husband, “There’s a good film at the cinema tonight. Can we go and see it?” 琼斯夫妇...

  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） . ...

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...

my wife told me to stand here   Everybody on earth dies and goes to heaven. God comes and says 'I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men that dominated their...

Bruce was an Australian and worked for a newspaper in Sydney. Then he thought, “I want to see Europe, so I’ll go to England and work for a newspaper there for a few years.” 布鲁...

There were a lot of men’s clubs in London afew years ago. Men went there and read their newspapers quietly, or drank orhad meals with their friends. 几年前，在伦敦有许多男人俱乐部...

'Flowers need water,' said the teacher. 'Water your flowers every day, or they‘ll die.'   One morning Mother saw Marry out in the garden and asked, 'What are you doing there,...

Hanging in the hallway at Whites High School in Wabash, Ind., and the basketball team pictures from the past 40 years. A player in the center of the front row in each picture holds...

Give a  wrong hospitality   At a dinner party a shy young man had been trying to think of something nice to say to his hostess. At last he saw his chance when she turned ...