Ashamed Soldier     Peter joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything ...

  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...

  1.The Doctor  and the servant   A wealthy old lady who lived near Dr．Swift used to send him presents occasionally by her servant．Dr．Swift took her presents but ...

  1. Two hearts beating Nurse: How do you feel after your operation? Patient: Quite alright, only I can feel two hearts beating inside me. Nurse: No wonder the doctor who ope...

1.The King‘s Brother    A poor man， presenting himself before the King of Spain，asked his charity， telling him that he was his brother． Theking desiring to know how ...

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...

After supper, the parents were busy playing Mar-Jang with the guests. At this point the mother thought of something and said to her son who was watching TV, 'Honey, go see if the ...

Mr White has a small shop in the middle of our town, and he sells pictures in it. They are not expensive ones, but some of them are quite pretty. Last Saturday a woman came into th...

A father said to his sons: 'Tomorrow your mother is going to bake a pie.Who is going to eat it?'   The oldest son replied: 'Father, I‘ll eat it all!'   The father t...