1 一个好学生
Teacher: Why are you late?
Student: There was a man who lost a hundred dollar bill.
Teacher: That's nice. Were you helping him look for it?
Student: No. I was standing on it.
老师：你为什么迟到？
学生：有一个人丢了一百美元的钞票。
老师：很好。你帮他找了？
学生：没有，我踩着钱来着。
2 明天早上数
It’s a night. John is looking at the sky.
Tom is John’s younger brother. He asks John “What are you doing?”
John says, “I’m counting stars.”
Tom laughs and says, “It’s really dark now. Why not count them tomorrow morning?”
这是一个晚上。约翰抬头看着天空。
汤姆是约翰的弟弟。他问约翰：“你在干什么?”
约翰说：“我在数星星。”
汤姆笑着说：“现在天空太黑了。你为什么不等到明天早上再数呢?”
3 完美的儿子
A: I have the perfect son.
B: Does he smoke?
A: No, he doesn't.
B: Does he drink whiskey?
A: No, he doesn't.
B: Does he ever come home late?
A: No, he doesn't.
B: I guess you really do have the perfect son. How old is he?
A: He will be six months old next Wednesday.
A：我有一个完美的儿子。
B：他抽烟吗？
A：不，他不抽。
B：他喝威士忌？
A：不，他不喝。
B：那他回家晚吗？
A：不，他没有。
B：我想你确实有一个完美的儿子。他几岁了？
A：下周三他将六个月大。
4 双重错误
A: Just look at that young person with the short hair and blue jeans. Is it a boy or a girl?
B: It's a girl. She's my daughter.
A: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know that you were her father.
B: I'm not. I'm her mother.
A看那个有一头短发穿着蓝色牛仔裤年轻的人。是男孩还是女孩？
B：这是一个女孩。她是我的女儿。
A：哦，对不起，先生。我不知道你是她的父亲。
B：我不是。我是她的母亲。
5 错号
A teenage girl had been talking on the phone for about half an hour, and then she hung up.
"Wow!" said her father, "That was short. You usually talk for two hours. What happened?"
"Wrong number," replied the girl.
一个十几岁的女孩一直在讲电话约半小时，然后她挂断了电话。
“哇！”她的父亲说，“很短啊。你通常要讲两个小时。怎么回事？”
“打错了，”姑娘回答说。
6 单枪匹马
Teacher: Did you father help you with your homework?
Student: No, he did it all by himself.
老师：你爸爸帮你做作业了是吗？
学生：不，他自己全做完了。
