廣西南寧市友愛(ài)小學(xué) 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(wèn):一個(gè)盤子對(duì)另一個(gè)盤子說(shuō)了什么?
答:午餐就指望我了!
Notes:
plate n.盤子
the other 另一個(gè)(人)
一張?jiān)嚲?/p>
Teacher:What’s black and white all over and difficult?
Student:An exam paper!
老師:什么東西整個(gè)都是黑白分明,而且很難?
學(xué)生:試卷!
Notes:
all over 整個(gè)
exam paper 試卷
一個(gè)機(jī)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(xué)生:閉著眼睛睡覺(jué)!
Notes:
Columbus 哥倫布(意大利航海家、探險(xiǎn)家) shut v.關(guān);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(gè)笑話的“笑點(diǎn)”在哪里呢?就在介詞“with”的意思表達(dá)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(wèn):狗為什么要繞圈跑?
答:因?yàn)楹茈y以正方形來(lái)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(gè)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(yè)在哪里?
學(xué)生:一個(gè)孩子說(shuō)你不是學(xué)校最好的老師,我和他吵架時(shí)把家庭作業(yè)弄丟了。
Notes:
ideal adj.理想的
excuse n.借口;理由
homework n.家庭作業(yè)
lost v.(lose的過(guò)去式)丟;遺
fight v.打斗
kid n.小孩
為什么你的歷史成績(jī)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?yàn)轷U勃的歷史成績(jī)不好。一天,懷特老師問(wèn)鮑勃:“鮑勃,為什么你的歷史成績(jī)不好?”
鮑勃回答說(shuō):“因?yàn)槟阋恢痹趩?wèn)我出生前發(fā)生的事情!”
Notes:
do well in 在……方面做得好
ask about 問(wèn)關(guān)于……
happen v.發(fā)生
be born 出生
我今天不能去上學(xué)
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(xué)。
父親:為什么不呢?
兒子:我覺(jué)得不舒服。
父親:你哪里不舒服?
兒子:在學(xué)校!
Notes:
Why not? 干嗎不呢?
feel well 感覺(jué)不錯(cuò)
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(jí)三班一個(gè)淘氣的學(xué)生。