Laughing out Loud笑話與幽默

Shrink in Proportion按比例縮小

A teacher asked students to rewrite a 1500-word article to 500 words. Later, when the teacher read Scott’s article, he asked, “Why did you change a 45-meter-high building into 15 meters, 6 cars into 2 cars, and 3 people into 1 person?”Scott said, “I shrank them based on strict proportions.”

老師要求同學們把一篇1500字的文章縮寫成500字。老師看了斯科特的作文以后問：你怎么把45米高的建筑物寫成了15米，6輛汽車寫成了2輛，3個人寫成了1個人？

斯科特答：我是嚴格按比例縮小的。

Be Prepared準 備

Scott failed his exams. Knowing that his dad will be very upset. He sent his elder brother an e-mail, hoping his brother can prepare their dad to accept the bad news.The next day, he received the reply from his brother, “Our father is prepared, but you’d better also be prepared!”

斯科特的期末考試不及格，他知道爸爸一定會非常不滿，就給哥哥發了一封郵件，請哥哥轉告爸爸，準備接受壞消息。第二天，他收到了哥哥的回復：爸爸已經準備好了，你自己最好也準備準備！

Which Tire Was Flat哪個輪胎破了

A final exam was in session at a university. Toward the end of the exam three students rushed to the classroom. They explained to the professor that the reason why they were late was that the car they shared got a flat tire. The professor agreed to let them take a make-up examination. But, there was only one question on the exam paper, “Which tire was flat on the car you shared?” In the end, the three students all had different answers from each other...

某大學正在舉行期末考試，快結束的時候，有3個學生匆匆忙忙地跑進教室。他們3人向教授解釋，因為他們合坐的汽車一個輪胎破了，所以才會遲到。教授答應讓他們補考，可是試卷上只有一道題目：你們坐的那輛汽車，哪個輪胎破了？結果，3個學生的答案互不相同

Key points

flat 扁的

proportion 比例

professor 教授

rewrite 改寫；重寫

shrank收縮（shrink的過去式）；縮小

session 學期

tire 輪胎

upset 心煩的