My Sister‘s Fingers Teacher: Kevin, why are you late this time? Kevin: Please sir, I bruised two fingers knocking in a nail at home. Teacher: I don‘t see any bandages. Ke...

  1.A Problem in Arithmetic   Bill is a good student and an intelligent boy. He likes to study arithmetic, and he can do all of the arithmetic problems in his book easily...

A story around campus has it that a student once sent a telegram to his parents reading: 'Mom - flunked（不及格，失败） all courses. Kicked out of school. Prepare Pop.' Two days la...

One of my favorite teachers at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau was known of his droll sense of humor. Explaining his ground rules to one freshman class, he sa...

A newspaper organized a contest for the best answer to the question: "If a fire broke out in the Louvre, and if you could only save one painting, which one would you carry out...

Thought You Were My Wife   A completely inebriated man walked into a bar and, after staring for some time at the only woman seated at the bar, walked over to her, placed his h...

Mr Jones had a few days’ holiday, so he said, “I’m going to go to the mountains by train.” He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got on the trai...

Mr Johnson was a rich old man. He lived in a beautiful house in the country with lots of servants, but his wife was dead, and he did not have any children. 约翰逊先生是一个非常富有...

1.To be on the Safe Side In a cinema during a performance one of the audience gets up, makes his way along the row of seats and goes out into the foyer（门厅，大厅） . A few minut...

  1.Drive on   Seth Smith was reckoned the laziest man in town． Sotired had the authorities become of contributing to his supportthat they decided to consign him to a li...