1. Much Worse

Policeman: Why didn‘t you shout for help when you were robbed of your watch?

Man: If I had opened my mouth, they‘d have found my four gold teeth. That would be much worse.
翻譯：
那就更糟了

警察：有人搶你的手表時(shí)，你為什么不呼救呢？

男子：要是我張口的話，他們就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)我的四顆金牙。那就更糟了。

 
 2.Englishman

Once, late at night, an Englishman came out of his room into the corridor（走廊） of a hotel and asked the servant to bring him a glass of water. The servant did as he was asked. The Englishman re-entered his room, but a few minutes later he came into the corridor again and once more asked the servant for a glass of water. The servant brought him another glass of water. Every few minutes the Englishmen would come out of his room and repeat his request. After a half-hour the astonished servant decided to ask the Englishman what he was doing with the water. Nothing, the Englishman answered imperturbably（平靜地） , It’s simply that my room is on fire.

 翻譯：
一個(gè)英國人

一天晚上，一個(gè)英國人從他住的旅店房間里走出來。來到走廊上，叫旅店的服務(wù)員給他拿一杯水來。服務(wù)員按他的要求做了。英國人回到了他的房間里，幾分鐘后他 又來到走廊上，讓服務(wù)員再給他送一杯水。服務(wù)員又給他送了一杯水。每隔幾分鐘。英國人就走出房間重復(fù)他的要求。 半小時(shí)之后．這位感到驚訝的服務(wù)員決定問問房客要這些水干什么，英國人不謊不忙地回答：沒什么．只不過是我的房間里起火了。

 
3.A Question

Professor: Before we begin the examination are there any question?

Student: What‘s the name of this course?

翻譯：
一個(gè)問題

教授：在開始考試之前，還有什么問題嗎？

學(xué)生：考試科目的名稱是什么？

4.Alexander the Great
 
Landon had made an unsuccessful attempt at the recitation（背誦，朗誦） , and the doctor, somewhat nettled（刺激，惹惱） , said: Landon, you don‘t seem to be getting on very fast in this subject. You seem to lack ambition. Why, at your age Alexander the Great had conquered half the world.

Yes, said Landon, he couldn‘t help it, for you will recall the fact, doctor, that Alexander the Great had Aristotle for a teacher.

翻譯：
亞歷山大大帝

蘭登作了一次不成功的朗誦。老師有點(diǎn)不悅，對(duì)他說道：蘭登，你在這門課上好像進(jìn)步不大，你好像缺乏志向。亞歷山大大帝在你這個(gè)年齡可已經(jīng)征服了半個(gè)世界。

是啊，蘭登說，他沒法不那樣。博士先生，您回想一下史實(shí)，亞歷山大大帝有亞里士多德做他的老師。