1.
To be on the Safe Side
In a cinema during a performance one of the audience gets up, makes his way along the row of seats and goes out into the foyer. A few minutes later he returns and asks the man sitting at the head of the row:
"Excuse me, was it your foot I stepped on when I was going out a moment ago?"
" Yes, but it doesn't really matter. It didn't hurt at all."
"Oh, no, it isn't that. I only want to make sure that this is my row."
保证没走错
在一家电影院里,一名观众在演出期间站了起来,沿着他那排位子走到休息室去了。几分钟后,他回到那排位子并问坐在首位的那位男士道:
"对不起,请问我刚才出去的时候是踩着你的脚吗?"
"是的,不过没什么关系,一点也不疼。"
"噢,不,我不是这个意思。我只是想确认一下这是不是我的那排位子。"
2.
An Abstract Noun
Teacher: What's an
abstract noun, Jane?
Jane: I don't know, madam.
Teacher: What, you don't know! Well. It's the name of a thing which you can think of but cannot touch. Now, give me an example.
Jane: A red-hot poker, madam.
抽象名词
老师:简,什么是抽象名词?
简:我不知道,老师。
老师:什么,你不知道!抽象名词就是你想象得到但触摸不到的东西。现在,你给我举个例子。
简:老师,比如说一根炙热的拨火棍。
3.
Gallant Effort
At a dinner party a shy young man had been
trying to think of something nice to say to his
hostess. At last he saw his chance when she turned to him and remarked, "What a small appetite you have tonight, Mr. Jones."
"To sit next to you," he replied gallantly, "would cause any man to lose his appetite."
殷勤
在一次晚餐聚会上,一位腼腆的年青人一直在冥思苦想对女主人说一些好听的话。机会总于来了,女主人转向他说:"琼斯先生,您今晚的饭量太小了。"
"坐在您身边,"他殷勤的说道,"任何男人都会失去胃口的。"
4.
It's Not My Fault
Mother (reprimanding her small daughter): You mustn't pull the cat's tail.
Daughter: I'm only
holding it, Mom. The cat's doing the pulling.
不是我的错
妈妈(正教训她的女儿):你不该拽猫的尾巴。
女儿:妈,我只是握着猫尾巴,它自己在拽。
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