Bill likes football very much, and he often goes to matches in our town on Saturdays. He does not go to the best seats, because they are very expensive and he does not see his frie...

My two sister and I were all away at various colleges at the same time. One day, after facing one crisis too many and tired of being treated like just another undergraduate, I phon...

 Ashamed Soldier     Peter joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything ...

   1.A dollar per point A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait. Once the test was ov...

  1.MOSES adn JESUS   A burglar breaks into a house. He sees a CD player that he wants so he takes it. Then he hears a voice 'JESUS is watching you'. He looks around with...

1.The Effectiveness of Advertisement   Some businessmen were talking about advertising on TV excitedly. As none of them had ever done it before, every one had his point of vie...

他咬了你？ 小明和新来的邻居汤姆参加学校组织的比赛，汤姆赢了。小明回家和妈妈说：“He beat me in the game.”（他在比赛中赢了我。）可是，小明的发音不准，说成了“He bit me in the gam...

My father, brother and I visited West Point to see a football game between Army and Boston College. Taking a stroll before kickoff, we met many cadets in neatly pressed uniforms. S...

One of Harry’s feet was bigger than the other. “I can never find boots and shoes for my feet,” he said to his friend Dick. 哈里的一只脚比另一只大。“我永远也找不到适合我脚的靴子...

During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the director, 'What is the criterion that defines a patient to be institutionalized?' 一个参观者在参观一所精神病院的时候问院长...