1.I am a Busy Man
I am a Busy Man One day a bunch of naughty children wanted to make fun of him and said to him:” There are birds‘ eggs on that tree. Won‘t you get them for us
please? We can‘t climb up.” Loath to disappoint the children, he was ready to climb the tree. But knowing that the mischievous youngsters would make off with
his boots if he left them on the ground, he tied them to his waist-band before he started the climb. “We‘ll take care of your boots for you!” the children
chorused. “No, thank you!” was he reply. “I am a busy man. And as soon as I‘ve got the eggs for you, I‘ll make my way home along the tree-tops.”
翻译:
我是个忙人
有一天,一群顽皮的孩子想捉弄他,便对他说:“那树上有鸟蛋,请你替我们拿下来好吗?我们爬不上去。”他不想使孩子们失望,便准备爬上树去。但是他知道如果把靴子留在
地上,这群顽皮的小鬼一定会把靴子拿走,于是他先把靴子系在腰带上,然后开始爬树。孩子们齐声说:“我们会替你保管好你的靴子的。” 他回答道:“谢谢你们,不必了。我
是个忙人。替你们取到蛋后,我就要沿着树顶走回家的。”
2.Always Thirsty
”I had an operation,” said a man to his friend, “and the doctor left a sponge in me.”
”That‘s terrible!” said the friend. “Got any pain?”
”No, but I am always thirsty!”
翻译:
总感到口渴
一个男人对他的朋友说:“我动了一次手术,手术后医生把一块海绵忘在我的身体里了。”
“真是太糟糕了!”朋友说道:“你觉得疼吗?”
“不疼,可是我总感到口渴。”
3.fill forms
Jack feell off his bicycle and got hurt. A beautiful young nurse asked him to fill forms. Jack finished them and gave them back. Anything else? The nurse
asked. Yes, Jack thinks for a while and said, I‘m a bachelor.
翻译:
填表
杰克骑车摔伤,得住院治疗.一位年轻美貌的护士拿着表格让填.杰克填好表格并把它送还给护士。护士问:还有什么漏填的吗? . 杰克想了想说:有!我是个单身汉.
4.一员工给老板的加薪信和回复
一封员工要求加薪的英文信
Dear Bo$$ In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ . worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company. I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon. Your$ $incerely, Marian $hih
第二天,她收到了老板的回信:
Dear Marian I kNOw you have been working very hard.NOwadays,NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet. NOw the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States may go into aNOther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad. I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean. Yours truly, Manager
注:这里翻译出来就没什么好笑的了,主要在英文里