1.The Looney Bin Late one night at the insane asylum (疯人院）one inmate shouted, 'I am Napoleon!”Another one said, 'How do you know?' The first inmate said, 'God told me!' ...

1.Do You Know My Work  One night a hotel caught fire, and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes. Two men stood outside and looked at the fire. Be...

Boy: 'I‘d like to call you. What‘s your number?' girl: 'It‘s in the phone book.' Boy: 'But I don‘t know your name.' girl: 'That‘s in the phone book too.' 翻译： 男：我想给你...

Several weeks after our son began his freshman year at Alma College in Michigan, my husband and I decided to visit him. I was careful to call him a few days in advance to 'warn' hi...

  1.A Small Surprise   When his wife was expecting their third child, a father decided to tell his two sons, ages seven and nine, the facts of life. He checked out sever...

  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.The Joke Sir William Thompson was very deaf but he did not like people to know this． One evening he had invited several friendsto dinner， and while they were sitting at ...

It was local election time and the candidate was visiting all the houses in his area. 正值当地竞选时期，候选人到他的区域的千家万户登门拜访。 At one house a small boy answered the d...

1.Bosss idea     When my printer‘s type began to go faint, I called a repair shop where a friendly man told me that the printer probably needed only to be cleaned. Becau...

Dentist: Please stop howling. I haven‘t even touched your tooth yet. Patient: I know. But you are standing on my foot!   翻译： 牙医：请不要再叫了，我都还没有碰到你的牙齿啊...