廣西南寧市友愛小學 吳 靜 編譯
午餐就指望我了!
Question:What did one plate say to the other?
Answer:Lunch is on Me!
問:一個盤子對另一個盤子說了什么?
答:午餐就指望我了!
Notes:
plate n.盤子
the other 另一個(人)
一張試卷
Teacher:What’s black and white all over and difficult?
Student:An exam paper!
老師:什么東西整個都是黑白分明,而且很難?
學生:試卷!
Notes:
all over 整個
exam paper 試卷
一個機智的回答
Teacher:How didColumbus’men sleep on their ships?
Student:With their eyesshut!
老師:哥倫布的手下們是怎么睡在船上的?
學生:閉著眼睛睡覺!
Notes:
Columbus 哥倫布(意大利航海家、探險家) shut v.關;閉
我可以出去玩嗎?
Child:Mom,can I go out to play?
Mom:What? With those holes in your pants?
Child:(looking down at his pants) No,with the kids next door...
孩子:媽媽,我可以出去玩嗎?
媽媽:什么?你帶著褲子上的那些洞出去玩?
孩子:(低頭看著他的褲子)不,帶著隔壁的孩子們……
Notes:
這個笑話的“笑點”在哪里呢?就在介詞“with”的意思表達上。介詞“with”在不同的情況下有不同的意思。在句子“With those holes in your pants?”中,它的意思是“帶有……”;而在句子“with the kids next door”中,它的意思是“與……一起”。
狗為什么要繞圈跑?
Question:Why do dogs runin circles?
Answer:Because it’s hard to runin squares!
問:狗為什么要繞圈跑?
答:因為很難以正方形來跑!
Notes:
circle n.圓圈;圓
in circles 呈圓形
square n.正方形
in squares 呈正方形
一個理想的借口
Teacher:Where is yourhomework?
Pupil:Ilostitfightingthiskidwho said you weren’t the best teacher in the school.
老師:你的家庭作業在哪里?
學生:一個孩子說你不是學校最好的老師,我和他吵架時把家庭作業弄丟了。
Notes:
ideal adj.理想的
excuse n.借口;理由
homework n.家庭作業
lost v.(lose的過去式)丟;遺
fight v.打斗
kid n.小孩
為什么你的歷史成績不好?
Miss White doesn’t like Bob,because Bob does notdo well inhistory.One day,Miss White asks Bob,“Bob,why aren’t you doing very well in history?”
Bob answers,“Because you keepasking aboutthings thathappenedbefore Iwas born!”
懷特老師不喜歡鮑勃,因為鮑勃的歷史成績不好。一天,懷特老師問鮑勃:“鮑勃,為什么你的歷史成績不好?”
鮑勃回答說:“因為你一直在問我出生前發生的事情!”
Notes:
do well in 在……方面做得好
ask about 問關于……
happen v.發生
be born 出生
我今天不能去上學
Son:I can’t go to school today.
Father:Why not?
Son:I don’tfeel well.
Father:Where don’t you feel well?
Son:In school!
兒子:我今天不能去上學。
父親:為什么不呢?
兒子:我覺得不舒服。
父親:你哪里不舒服?
兒子:在學校!
Notes:
Why not? 干嗎不呢?
feel well 感覺不錯
我兒子得了重感冒
Bill is anaughty pupilin Class 3,Grade 4.He is verylazy.Hegets up latethis morning.He doesn’t want to go to school,so hecallsthe schoolsecretary.
On the phone,Bill says,“My sonhas a bad coldand he won’tbe able tocome to school today.”
The school Secretaryfeelsthat a boy is speaking to him,not a man.So he asks,“Who is this,please?”
Bill says,“This is my father speaking,sir!”
比爾是四年級三班一個淘氣的學生。