A short young man was running behind a bus which was full of passengers.But the bus still ran at a great speed. "Stop,stop," a passenger looked out of the window,and shouted at the young man,"you can't catch it !" "I must," the young fellow said,out of breath,"because I'm only driver of the bus.
在一辆满载乘客的公共汽车后面,一位小个子青年在奔跑着.气车仍在高速前进. “停下吧,”一位乘客把头伸出窗子,对小个子喊道,“你追不上的!” “我必须追上,”小个子气喘吁吁地说,“我是司机!”
When Jack bowed to someone,he always did it at lightening speed.You shouldn't wait any longer after he has had his head nod.So he was blamed for no manners.Then some warmhearted men taught him,"When you bow to somebody next time,you can count 'January,February,March.until December.Then you can lift your body up.Thus,the ceremony will be perfect. The next day,he met his uncle,he did as the men told him.The bow was so long that it made his uncle feel surprised and escaped away soon .When Jack looked up,he found his uncle gone .So he asked the passer,"Which month did he go away?"
杰克给人鞠躬,飞快地一点头,就算完了.大家都怪他不懂礼貌.于是便有好心的人教他说,“下次鞠躬的时候,你就在心里数：正月、二月、……一直数到十二月为止,然后再直起身来.这样,礼节就周全了.” 第二天,杰克见到他的叔叔,他便如法炮制.这躬鞠得太久,叔叔吃了一惊,赶紧逃开了.杰克抬头一看,其叔早已不知去向,他便问过路人：“我叔叔几月走的?”
A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bones lying about. "How old are these bones?" the tourist asked an elderly Native American,who served as a guide. "Exactly one hundred million and three years old. "How can you be so sure?" inquired the tourist. "Well," replied the guide," a geologist came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old,and that was exactly three years ago.
一位游客在新墨西哥游览.他对随处可见的恐龙化石甚感惊奇. “这些化石有多长的历史?”游客问一个上了年纪的当地美国人.他是作向导的. “整整十亿零三年了.” “你怎么这么肯定?”游客问道. “哦,”向导回答道,“一个地质学家来过这儿,他告诉我说这些化石有十亿年了,再加上那是整整三年前的事了.”
A lawyer and an engineer were fishing in the Caribbean.The lawyer said,"I'm here because my house burned down,and the insurance company paid for everything."
"That's quite a coincidence," said the engineer."I'm here because my house were destroyed by a flood,and my insurance company also paid for everything."
The lawyer looked somewhat confused."How do you start a flood?" he asked.
一个律师与一个工程师在加勒比海边钓鱼.律师说：“我到这里是因为我的房子被大火烧了,保险公司赔偿了我所有的损失.”
“这太巧了,”工程师说,“我是因为房子被洪水冲垮了,保险公司也赔偿了所有的损失.”
律师看起来有些困惑,“你是怎么引起洪水的?”他不解的问.