Sunset

Father： This is the sunset my daughter painted. She studied painting abroad， you know.

Friend： Ah， that accounts for it！ I never saw a sunset like that in this country.

日 落

父親：這幅《日落》是我女兒畫(huà)的，你知道，她曾在國(guó)外學(xué)過(guò)畫(huà)畫(huà)。

朋友：啊，怪不得！我在本國(guó)還從來(lái)沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)這樣的日落。

Too Dark to See

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.”

太黑了看不見(jiàn)

晚飯后，父親和母親都忙著和客人玩麻將，這時(shí)母親忽然想起點(diǎn)事情來(lái)，便對(duì)正在看電視的兒子說(shuō)道：“寶貝，去看看廚房里的燈是不是還開(kāi)著呢？” 過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，兒子回來(lái)說(shuō)：“媽，廚房里太黑了，我根本就看不見(jiàn)?！?/p>

The Plural Form of Child

Teacher： What is the plural of man， Tom？

Tom： Men.

Teacher： Good. And the plural of child？

Tom： Twins.

孩子的復(fù)數(shù)形式

老師：湯姆，“男人”這個(gè)詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式是什么？

湯姆：男人們。

老師：答得好。那“孩子”的復(fù)數(shù)形式呢？

湯姆：雙胞胎。

How Do I Get the Gum Out？

Distributing chewing gum to the passengers， the stewardess explained it was to keep their ears from popping. When the plane landed， one of the passengers rushed up to her and said， “I'm meeting my wife right away. How do I get the gum out from my ears？”

我怎么把口香糖取出來(lái)？

當(dāng)女乘務(wù)給乘客們發(fā)口香糖的時(shí)候，她解釋說(shuō)口香糖有助于他們防止耳鳴。飛機(jī)著陸后，一位乘客跑到這位乘務(wù)面前，說(shuō)道：“ 我馬上就要見(jiàn)到我妻子了。我怎么才能把口香糖從耳朵里面取出來(lái)呢？”

Waste or Save

Father： Oh， Jack， you have slept away the whole morning. Don't you know you are wasting time？

Jack： Yes， Dad. But I've saved you a meal， haven't I？

浪費(fèi)還是節(jié)約

父親：噢，杰克，你又睡了一上午。難道你不知道你這是在浪費(fèi)時(shí)間嗎？

杰克：我知道，爸爸。可我還給您節(jié)省了一頓飯呢，是不是？