1.Compliment
　　”Larry! Come here!” said his furious mother, putting the telephone down, ” I’ve just had a call 　　from Mrs. Harrison about your behavior to her Doris at the school dance last night. You wretched, rude boy!”
　　”I was nice to her, Mum, really I was!” protested the youth.
　　”I even paid her a compliment when we had a dance.”
　　”Did you, indeed?” said his mother grimly, “And what exactly did you say?”
　　”I said, Gosh, Doris, you sweat less than any fat girl I’ve ever danced with!”

翻譯：

恭維話
　　“拉里，你過來！”媽媽放下電話后生氣地說，“我剛才接到哈里森夫人地電話，她告訴我你在昨晚的學(xué)校舞會上對多麗絲行為不好，你可恥，粗魯！”
　　“媽媽，我對她很好，真的！”小伙子不服氣地說。“當(dāng)我和她跳舞時我還說了一句恭維她的話。”
　　“你真的這么做的嗎？”媽媽嚴(yán)厲地問。“你的原話是怎么說的？”
　　“我說，啊呀，多麗絲，你比我跳過舞的任何胖姑娘出汗都少！”

2.The Fourth Element
　　Teacher: What are the four element of nature?
　　Student: Fire, air, earth, and… and …
　　Teacher: And what? Just think it over, what do you wash your hands with?
　　Student: Soap!

翻譯：

第四元素
　　老師：自然界的四大元素是什么？
　　學(xué)生：火、氣、和。。。和。。。
　　老師：和什么？想一想， 你用什么洗手的？
　　學(xué)生：肥皂。

 
3.Englishman
　　Once, late at night, an Englishman came out of his room into the corridor 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, “It’s simply that my room is on fire.”

翻譯：

一個英國人
　 　一天晚上，一個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。“