1.To be on the Safe Side In a cinema during a performance one of the audience gets up, makes his way along the row of seats and goes out into the foyer（门厅，大厅） . A few minut...

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...

I‘m not a newsboy Freelance newspaper writers don‘t get nearly as much attention as writers with regular bylines. So I was delighted when I finally got some notice. It was at t...

Son: Why are hen‘s legs so short? Dad: You‘re a fool. If the hen‘s legs were too long, wouldn‘t they drop their eggs into pieces when laying? 儿子：为什么母鸡的腿这么短呢？ ...

      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 ...

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...

Hasty Interruption   The fine-furniture store where I work has been in business since the 1920s.Recently I received a call from a woman who wanted to replace some chairs from ...

  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 ...

  1.Automobile Fittings A lorry driver makes inquiry of a mountaineer, 'Excuse me, where can I buy the auto accessories（附件） in the neighborhood?'   Mountaineer says, ...

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...