'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,...

1.He Swore to Die   If you refuse to marry me, he swore, I shall die. She refused him. Sixty years later, he died. 翻译： 他曾发誓要死 如果你不答应嫁给我，他发誓，我就要去死...

１. Son:'Why are the hen‘s legs so short?' Dad:'You are a fool. If the hen‘s legs were too long, wouldn‘t they drop their eggs into pieces when laying?'   翻译： 儿子：“...

      1.I‘m the groom   A police stopped a motorist who was speeding on the street. 'But officer,' the man said, 'I can explain.''Just be quiet,' snapped the ...

My two sister and I were all away at various colleges at the same time. One day, after facing one crisis too many and tired of being treated like just another undergraduate, I phon...

General Pershing was a famous American officer. He was in the American army, and fought in Europe in the First World War. 珀欣将军是一位著名的美国军官。在第一次世界大战中，他在美国...

Napoleon was ill Jack had gone to the university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his examinations, and he was told that he ...

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...

  1.A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.   The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because, even though it was a ve...

  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 ...