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

父亲：这幅《日落》是我女儿画的，你知道，她曾在国外学过画画。

朋友：啊，怪不得！我在本国还从来没有见过这样的日落。

Two Pieces of Cake

Tom: Mom, can I have two pieces of cake, please?

Mom: Certainly----take this piece and cut it two!

两块蛋糕

汤姆：妈妈，我可以吃两块蛋糕吗？

妈妈：当然可以----拿这块蛋糕把它切成两块吧！

Rope or Ox?

The man in the prison asked a new comer why he was sent there. The new comer answered: "I am out of luck, I think. A few days ago I was walking in the street when I saw a piece of dirty rope. I thought nobody wanted it and so I picked it up and took it home."

"But it is not against the law to pick up a piece of rope and take home!"

"I told you I had bad luck, didn't I?" the man sighed, "The trouble is that I didn't notice there was an ox at the other end of that rope."

绳子还是公牛？

　　在监狱里，一个人问新来的犯人为什么被关进来。新来的犯人回答说："我想我真是倒霉。几天前我在街上走的时候，看到一根脏绳子，以为没人要了，便捡起来带了回家。"

　　"但是，捡一根绳子带回家并不犯法啊！"

　　"我告诉过你我倒霉了吧？"那个人叹了口气，"麻烦的就是我没有注意到绳子的那一头还有一头公牛。"