'My friend, I say I had some trouble.' A man said to his friend,' yesterday I had words with my wife. After that she punched the door and rushed out angrily with the word that she ...

The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure for its newly acquired kangaroo, but the next morning the animal was found hopping around outside. The height of the fence was inc...

A police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street. 'But officer,' the man began, 'I can explain.' 'Just be quiet,' snapped the officer. 'I‘m go...

Mr Johnson was a rich old man. He lived in a beautiful house in the country with lots of servants, but his wife was dead, and he did not have any children. 约翰逊先生是一个非常富有...

Joe and Fred were helping to build a house in a village. The weather was very warm, there was a lot of dust everywhere, and by half past twelve, they were very thirsty, so they sto...

When Jimmy was a boy, he always liked watches and clocks very much. When he was eighteen years old, he went into the army, and after a year, he began to teach himself to mend watch...

Two soldiers were in camp. The first one’s name was George, and the second one’s name was Bill. George said, “Have you got a piece of paper and an envelope, Bill?” 两个士兵在营...

Mick lived in the country, and he had quite a big garden. He grew vegetables, and he had some nice, fat chickens too. He sold the eggs and the meat, and got quite a lot of money fo...

When Alan was young, he played a lot of football, and he was very good at it, but then he went and worked in a town, and there was no team for him there, so he stopped playing. 艾...

My father, brother and I visited West Point to see a football game between Army and Boston College. Taking a stroll before kickoff, we met many cadets in neatly pressed uniforms. S...