Girl: Must've been once. I never make the same mistake twice.
男孩：嗨，我們之前是不是約會過，是壹次還是兩次，我忘記了。
女孩：應該只有壹次吧，我從不犯兩次同樣的錯誤。
2009-5-30
In an entrance examination of a conservatory of music, a teacher asked one of the boys, "What is the most important physiological quality of a musician?"
"To be deaf," replied the boy.
"Nonsense!" said the teacher angrily.
"Why, sir! Don't you know that the famous musician Beethoven was deaf?" the boy asked in reply disdainfully.
在壹次音樂學院的入學考試中，老師問其中壹個男孩："音樂家最重要的生理素質是什麽？"
"耳聾，"男孩答道。
"胡說！"老師氣憤地說。
"怎麽了，先生！難道您不知道大名鼎鼎的音樂家貝多芬是個聾子嗎？"男孩輕蔑地反問道。
2009-5-28
A man sat at a bar, had the saddest hangdog expression.
Bartender: "What's the matter? Are you having troubles with your wife?"
The man: "We had a fight, and she told me that she wasn't going to speak to me for a month."
Bartender: "That should make you happy."
The man: "No, the month is up today!"
壹個男人坐在酒吧裏，傷心至極。
酒吧招待："妳怎麽了？跟老婆鬧矛盾了？"
男人："我們吵了壹架，她說壹個月都不跟我說話。"
酒吧招待："那妳應該高興才是啊！"
男人："不，今天是這個月的最後壹天。"
Laughter2009-5-27
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
女人找了老公之前都在擔憂未來。男人娶了老婆之前從來不為未來擔憂。
2009-5-26
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he wants. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't want.
男人想要的東西，要是值1塊錢卻賣2塊，他也會買；而對於女人，即使是不想要的東西，要是值2塊錢卻只賣1塊，她也會買。
2009-5-25
The female dormitory will be out-of-bounds for all male students and vice versa. "Anybody caught breaking this rule will be fined $20 the first time. Anybody caught breaking this rule the 2nd time will be fined $60. Being caught a 3rd time will incur a fine of $180. Are there any questions?" At this moment, a male student in the crowd inquires, "Umm...How much for a season pass?"
女生宿舍將全面禁止男生進入，男生宿舍也同樣不得女生光臨。
"不論是誰，壹旦違規，初犯將被罰款20美元。再犯要被罰款60美元。第3次被抓需要交180美元的罰款。還有什麽疑問麽？"
這時人群中壹個男同學問道，"那麽壹個季度通行證需要多少錢？"
2009-5-24
Boy: Can I buy you a drink?
Girl: Actually I'd rather have the money.
男孩：我可以給妳買杯飲料嗎？
女孩：妳不如直接把錢給我得了。
2009-5-22
Doctor: Your cough sounds much better today.
Patient: It should. I've been practicing all night.
醫生：聽上去妳咳嗽今天好多了。
病人：應該如此。我昨晚練習了壹整夜。
2009-5-21
Pete: "The last time I was out hunting, I stepped off a high cliff, and would you believe it, while I was falling every fool deed I'd ever done came into my mind."
Bob: "Must have been a pretty high mountain you fell from."
皮特："我上次出去打獵，跌下了很高的懸崖，信不信由妳，當我跌落的時候，我腦海裏浮現了我做過的所有蠢事。"
鮑勃："妳壹定是從萬丈高山上跌落的吧。"
2009-5-19
Spending the night with their grandparents, 2 young boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers at bedtime. The younger boy began praying at the top of his lungs:"I PRAY FOR A BIKE... I PRAY FOR A NEW DVD..."
His older brother nudged him and said, "Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn't deaf."
To which the little brother replied, "No, but Grandma is!"
2個男孩與祖父母壹起過夜，他們跪在床邊做睡前禱告。弟弟聲嘶力竭地祈禱: "我祈求壹輛自行車，壹張新DVD……"
哥哥用肘輕推他: "妳為什麽大喊著祈禱？上帝又不聾。"
弟弟答道:"上帝是不聾，但是奶奶聾。"
2009-5-18
A cop spotted a woman driving and knitting at the same time. Coming up beside her, he said, "Pull over!"
"No," she replied, "a pair of socks!"
巡警發現壹名婦女邊開車邊織毛衣，便開車上前，說："靠邊停車(套頭衫)！"
"不，" 她回答，"是壹雙襪子！"\
He is really somebody
-- My uncle has 1000 men under him.
-- He is really somebody. What does he do?
-- A maintenance man in a cemetery.
他真是壹個大人物
-- 我叔叔下面有1000個人。
-- 他真是壹個大人物。幹什麽的？
-- 墓地守墓人。
英語笑話（三）
Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the States, she went to a city bank to deposit the US dollars her daughter gave her. At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old lady out of patience.
At last she could not hold any more, uttering. "Trust me, Sir, and trust the money. They are real US dollars. They are directly from America."
它們是從美國直接帶來的
壹位中國老婦人在美國看望女兒回來不久，到壹家市銀行存女兒送給她的美元。在銀行櫃臺，銀行職員認真檢查了每壹張鈔票，看是否有假。
這種做法讓老婦人很不耐煩，最後實在忍耐不住說：“相信我，先生，也請妳相信這些鈔票。這都是真正的美元，它們是從美國直接帶來的。”
Logic Reasoning 邏輯推理
A fourth-grade teacher was giving her pupils a lesson on logic.
"Here is the situation," she said. "a man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and begins splashing and yellin
g for help. His wife hears the commotion, knows that he can't swim, and runs down to the bank. Why do you think she ran to the bank?"
A girl raised her hand and asked, "to draw out all of his savings?"
邏輯推理
小學四年級的教師正在給學生們上壹堂邏輯課。她舉了這麽壹個例子：“有這樣壹種情況，壹個男人在河中心的船上釣魚，突然失去重心掉進了水裏。於是他開始掙紮並喊救命。他的妻子聽到了他的喊聲，知道他並不會遊泳，所以她就急忙跑向河岸。誰能告訴我這是為什麽？” 壹個女生舉手答道，“是不是去取他的存款？”
[註]bank在英語中除了我們平時很熟悉的“銀行”之外，還有“河岸”的意思。
Have You Ceased Beating Your Wife？妳停止打妳老婆了嗎?
This story is told of a browbeating counsel，who habitually endeavored to terrorize his opponent‘s witnesses．
One witness rather tended to preface his replies with lengthy explanations．
“I want‘yes’or‘no，’”thundered counsel．“There is no need for you to argue the point！”
“But there are some questions which cannot be answered by‘yes’or‘no，’”mildly responded the witness．
“There are not！” snapped the lawyer．
“Oh，” said the witness，“answer this then：“Have you ceased beating your wife？”
這個故事講的是壹個咄咄逼人的辯護律師，他慣於盡量去恐嚇對方的證人。
有壹個證人有點傾向於在回答問題之前做冗長的解釋。
“我要妳回答‘是’或者‘不是’，”辯護律師怒喝道： “妳沒有必要就這個問題進行爭論。”
“可是有些問題無法用‘是’或者‘不是’來回答。”這位證人溫和地回敬他。
“不存在這樣的問題！”律師厲聲打斷他。
“噢，”證人說：“那麽請妳回答這個問題：“妳停止打妳老婆了嗎？”
Talking clock
會說話的鐘
While proudly showing off his new apartment to friends, a college student led the way into the den. "What is the big brass gong and hammer for?" one of his friends asked. "That is the talking clock," the man replied. "How's it work?"
"Watch," the man said and proceeded to give the gong an ear shattering pound with the hammer. Suddenly, someone screamed from the other side of the wall, "Knock it off, you idiot! It's two o'clock in the morning!"
壹個學生帶他朋友們參觀他的新公寓，甚是得意。“那個大銅鑼和錘子是幹什麽用的？”他的壹個朋友問他。“那玩意兒厲害了，那是壹個會說話的鐘”，學生回答。“這鐘怎麽工作的”，他的朋友問。“看著，別眨眼了”，那學生走上前壹把操起銅鑼和錘子，拼命地敲了壹下，聲音震耳欲聾。突然，他們聽到隔壁墻那邊有人狂叫，“別敲了，妳這白癡！現在是淩晨兩點鐘了！”
Secret For a Long Life
A woman walks up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch.
"I couldn't help noticing how happy you look," she says. "What's your secret for a long, happy life?"
"I smoke three packs a day, drink a case of whiskey a week, eat fatty foods and never, ever exercise."
"Wow, that's amazing," says the woman. "How old are you?"
"Twenty-six."
長壽秘訣
壹位女士走向坐在門廊的椅子上搖動的小老頭。
“我無意中發現，妳是多麽幸福，”那女士說。“妳幸福而長壽的秘密是什麽？”
“我每天抽三包煙，每周喝壹箱威士忌，吃高脂肪食品，而且從來不曾鍛煉。”
“哦，真神奇，”女士說。“妳高壽？”