Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.
"What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。
“昨天給妳的錢幹什麽了？”
“我給了壹個可憐的老太婆，”他回答說。 “妳真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說。“再給妳兩分錢。可妳為什麽對那位老太太那麽感興趣呢？”
“她是個賣糖果的。”
2Essay
Teacher had set his class an essay in "A Game of Cricket". After two minutes Simon Steel handed his paper in and was allowed to go home. His essay read: "Rain stopped play."
作文
老師給學生出了個作文題：“壹場板球賽”。兩分鐘後，西蒙。斯蒂爾交了作文，老師允許他回家了。他在作文上寫道：“下雨，比賽終止。”
3Who Discovered Australia?
Teacher: Find Australia on the map for me, Johnny.
Johnny: It's there, sir.
Teacher: That's right. Now Sammy, who discovered Australia?
Sammy: Johnny, sir.
誰發現了澳大利亞?
老師：約翰尼，在地圖上給我找出澳大利亞在什麽地方。
約翰尼：先生，在這兒。
老師：對了。薩默，妳來回答我是誰發現了澳大利亞?
薩默：先生，是約翰尼。
4Lightning
Teacher: Why is it said that lightning never strikes the same place twice?
Roy: Because after it's struck once the same place isn't there any more!
閃電
老師：為什麽說閃電從來不會兩次擊中同壹個地方?
羅伊：因為它擊中壹個地方壹次以後，那個地方就不存在了。
5The Climate of New Zealand
Teacher: Matthew, what is the climate of New Zealand?
Matthew: Very Cold, sir.
Teacher: Wrong.
Matthew: But, sir! When they send us meat it always arrives frozen!
新西蘭的氣候
老師：馬修，新西蘭的氣候怎麽樣?
馬修：先生，那裏的天氣很冷。
老師：錯了。
馬修：可是，先生!從那兒運來的豬肉都凍得硬邦邦的。