1、A history teacher and his wife were sitting at a table（壹位歷史老師和他的妻子在吃飯）
the wife asked “Anything new at work”, and he replied", no, I am teaching History".
（妻子問到：“工作上有什麽新鮮事嗎?”丈夫回答說：“沒有，我是教歷史的。”）
2、The lecturer on evolution had been going on for nearly two hours. then he started again, and said he:"Let me ask the evolutionist a question --- if we had tails like a baboon, where are they?"
教進化論的老師已經滔滔不絕地講了快兩個小時，他的話題又來了：“讓我向進化論者提個問題——如果我們曾經像狒狒那樣長著尾巴，那麽現在尾巴到哪裏去了?”
"I'll venture an answer, " said an old lady. "We have worn them off sitting here so long.".
“我來試試看，”壹位老太太說。“該是我們在這裏坐這麽久把它們磨掉了吧。”
3、A young couple was becoming anxious about their four-year-old son, who had not yet talked. They took him to specialists, but the doctors found nothing wrong with him.
壹對年輕的夫婦對於他們四歲的兒子仍然不會說話這件事非常著急。他們帶他去看專家，但是醫生們找不出任何不正常的地方。
Then one morning at breakfast the boy suddenly blurted, "Mom, the toast is burned."
之後有壹天早上，這個男孩突然說道：“媽媽，面包拷糊了。”
"You talked! You talked!" shouted his mother. "I'm so happy! But why has it taken this long."
“妳說話了!妳說話了!”他的媽媽嚷道。“我真高興!但是為什麽要我們等這麽長的時間呢?”
"Well, up till now," said the boy, "things have been okay."
“嗯，直到現在，”男孩說，“每件事都很正常啊。”
4、Little brother: I saw you kiss my elder sister, and if you don't give me a nickel I'll tell my father.
弟弟：我看見妳親我姐姐了，如果妳不給我五分錢，我就告訴我爸。
Sister's boyfriend: No, don't do that. Here's a nickel.
姐姐的男朋友：不要那樣做。給妳五分錢。
Little brother: That makes a buck and a quarter I've made this month.
弟弟：我這個月已經賺了壹塊兩毛五了。
5、Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.
兄弟倆在看壹些漂亮的油畫。
"Look," said the elder brother. "How nice these paintings are!"
“看，”哥哥說，“這些畫多漂亮呀!”
"Yes," said the younger, "but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. Where is the father?"
“是啊，”弟弟說道，“可是在所有這些畫中，只有媽媽和孩子。那爸爸去哪兒了呢?”
The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained, "Obviously he was painting the pictures."
哥哥想了會兒，然後解釋道：“很明顯，他當時正在畫這些畫唄。”