One night a hotel caught fire， and the people who were staying in it ran out in their nigh clothes. Two men stood outside and looked at the fire.
“Before I came out，” said one，“I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don’t think of money when they’re afraid. When anyone leaves paper money in a fire， the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find.No one will be poorer because I took them.” “You don’t know my work，” said the other. “What is your work?” “I’m a policeman.
“Oh!” cried the first man. He thought quickly and said，“And do you know my work?”“No，”said the policeman. “I’m a writer. I’m always telling stories about things that never happened.”
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妳知道我是幹什麽的嗎?
壹天晚上，壹家旅館失火，住在這家旅館裏的人穿著睡 衣就跑了出來。 兩個人站在外面，看著大火。
“在我出來之前，”其中壹個說：“我跑進壹些房間，找到了壹大筆錢。人在恐懼中是不會想到錢的。如果有人把紙幣留在火裏，火就會把它燒成灰燼。所以我把我所能找到的鈔票都拿走了。沒有人會因為我拿走它們而變得更窮。” “妳不知道我是幹什麽的。”另壹個說。 “妳是幹什麽的?”
“我是警察。”
“噢!”第壹個人喊了壹聲。他靈機壹動，說：“那妳知道我是幹什麽的?”“不知道。”警察說。 “我是個作家。我總是愛編壹些從未發生過的故事。”
趣味英語：笑話三則之 Who is the laziest
Father:Well,Jack,I talked with your teacher today .And now I want to ask you a question ,Who is the laziest person inyour class ?
Jack:I don`t know ,father.
Father:Oh,think!When other boys and girls are reading and wirting ,who sits quietly and only watch how other people word?
Jack:Our teacher ,father.
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誰是最懶惰的
爸爸：傑克，我今天已經和妳的老師談過了，現在我想問妳，誰是妳們班上最懶的人?
傑克：我不知道，爸爸
爸爸：妳再好好想想，當別的同學都在讀書寫字的時候，誰楞在那兒僅僅是看著其他人?
傑克：是我們的老師，爸爸
趣味英語：笑話三則之 What Is a Traitor?
Young hopeful：“Father，what is a traitor in politics?”
Father(a veteran politician)：“A traitor is a man who leaves our party and goes over to the other one.”
Young hopeful：“Well then，what is a man who leaves his party and comes over to yours?”
Father：“A convert，my son.”
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什麽叫叛徒?
有希望的青年人：“父親，什麽叫政治叛徒?”
父親(壹位老資格的政治家)：“叛徒指的是離開我們黨而加入到另壹個黨的人。”
有希望的青年人：“那麽，離開他的黨而加入到我們黨的人又叫什麽呢?”
父親：“叫改變信仰者。我的兒子。”