1.After supper, the parents were busy playing mah-jong with the guests. At this point the mother thought of something and said to her son who was watching TV, “Honey, go see if the kitchen light is on or not?” After a while, her son returned and said, “Ma, the kitchen is so dark that I cannot see it at all.”
翻译：
晚饭后，父亲和母亲都忙着和客人玩麻将，这时母亲忽然想起点儿事来，便对正在看电视的儿子说道：“宝贝，去看看厨房里的灯是不是还开着呢？” 过了一会儿，儿子回来说：“妈，厨房里太黑了，我根本就看不见。” （英语笑话 www.lyy5.com ）
2.I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class,” said an instructor at a university graduate engineering course. “When I say ‘Good afternoon,‘ the undergraduates respond ‘Good afternoon.‘ But the graduate students just write it down.”
翻译：
一个教师在研究生工程学课堂上说：”我一眼就能看出来哪些是本科生，哪些是研究生。” “我说‘下午好‘的时候，本科生回答‘下午好‘，而研究生则把这句话记在本子上。”
3.A man sat at a bar, had the saddest hangdog expression.
Bartender: “What‘s the matter? Are you having troubles with your wife?”
The man: “We had a fight, and she told me that she wasn‘t going to speak to me for a month.”
Bartender: “That should make you happy.”
The man: “No, the month is up today!”
翻译：
一个男人坐在酒吧里，伤心至极。
酒吧招待：”你怎么了？跟老婆闹矛盾了？”
男人：”我们吵了一架，她说一个月都不跟我说话。”
酒吧招待：”那你应该高兴才是啊！”
男人：”不，今天是这个月的最后一天。”
4.”Tom, what‘s the matter with your brother?” asked the mother in the kitchen. “He‘s crying.”
“Oh, nothing, Mum,” replied Tom. “I‘m eating my cake. He is crying because I won‘t give him any.”
“But has he finished his own cake?”
“Yes.” said Tom. “And he also cried when I was helping him finish that.”
翻译：
“汤姆，你弟弟怎么了？” 妈妈在厨房里问。”他在哭。”
“没事儿，妈妈，” 汤姆答道。”我在吃我的蛋糕。他哭是因为我不给他吃。”
“他已经吃完自己的了么？”
“是的。” “我帮他吃完时，他也哭了。”
