1.Half or Five Tenths?
Teacher: Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths?
Gerald: I‘d much rather have the half.
Teacher: Think carefully, and tell me why.
Gerald: Because you lose too much juice when you cut the orange into five tenths.
翻译：
半个还是十分之五
老师：你愿意要半个柑橘，还是十分之五个柑橘?
杰拉得：我宁可要半个。
老师：仔细想想，说出理由来。
杰拉得：因为你如果把柑橘切成十分之五，那柑橘汁就损失太多了。
2.what do I get
Teacher: If I cut a beefsteak in half and then cut the half in half, what do I get?
Tommy: Quarters.
Teacher: And then if I cut it twice again?
Tommy: Hamburger.
翻译：
我能得到什么
老师：如果我把一块牛排切成两半的两半，我能得到几块儿？
汤米：四块。
老师：那我要是再切两次，我能得到什么呢？
汤米：汉堡。
3.Two Attorneys
Two attorneys went into a restaurant and ordered two drinks. Then they brought out sandwiches from their briefcases and started to eat. The owner marched over and told them, “You can‘t eat your own sandwiches here!”
The attorneys looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and then exchanged sandwiches.
翻译：
两个律师
两个律师走进一个餐厅，要了两杯饮料，从包中拿出三明治开始吃起来。餐厅老板走过来警告说，“你们不能在这里吃自己的三明治。”
两个律师对看了一眼，耸耸肩，然后交换了手中的三明治。
4.I want a nightmare
Before the final examination, Tom told his mother, “Mom, I had a dream last night that I‘d passed today‘s exam.”
“Don‘t trust dreams, dear. It is said what you experience in dreams usually turns out to be the opposite.” Mother replied.
“Then I do hope I‘ll fail the other subjects in my dream tonight,” Tom said.
翻译：
想做坏梦
在期末考试之前，汤姆告诉他的母亲：“妈妈，我昨天晚上做了一个梦，梦见我通过了今天的考试。”
“不要相信梦，亲爱的。据说梦中的经历通常与现实相反。”妈妈答道。
“那么，我真希望在今晚的梦中，我的其他功课都不及格。”汤姆说。
