1.

Send the Bill to My Father

Doctor： ″I can do nothing for your complaint. It is hereditary.″

Patient： ″then send the bill to my father，please.″

医生："对你的抱怨我无能为力。那是遗传病。"

病人："那请你把账单给我父亲吧。"

2.

我在谈一笔很大的生意

A young business man had just started his business, and rented a beautiful office. Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wishing to appear busy, the businessman picked up the phone and pretended that he had a big deal working. He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments.

　　一个年轻人刚开始做生意，租了一间漂亮的办公室。坐在办公室，他看见一个人从外面走进办公室。装着很忙的样子，他拿起话筒，假装正在跟人谈一笔很大的生意。他从嘴里说出的，都是数目很大的数字，还有口气很大的许诺。

　　Finally, he hung up and asked the visitor. "Can I help you?" The man said, "Sure. I've come to install the phone."

　　最后，他挂上电话，问来访者:"您有什么事吗？"来访者说:"哦，我是来装电话的。"

3.

Visual Training

The squad were having "visual training"． One smart recruit was asked by the officer to count how many men composed a digging party in a distant field．The party was so faraway that the men appeared as mere dots， but unhesitatinglythe recruit replied：

"Sixteen men and a sergeant，sir．"

"Right；but how do you know there's a sergeant there？"

"He's not doing any digging， sir．"

44．视力训练

班里正在进行"视力训练"。一个聪明伶俐的新兵被班长叫出来数远处旷野上采掘队的人数。采掘队在很远的地方，那些人看起来只是一些小点儿。但是这个新兵毫不犹豫地回答。

"十六个兵外加一个中士，长官。"

"正确，可是你怎么知道那儿有一个中士？"

"他不干活，长官。"
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