1、A history teacher and his wife were sitting at a table（一位历史老师和他的妻子在吃饭）
the wife asked “Anything new at work”, and he replied", no, I am teaching History".
（妻子问到：“工作上有什么新鲜事吗?”丈夫回答说：“没有，我是教历史的。”）
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?"
教进化论的老师已经滔滔不绝地讲了快两个小时，他的话题又来了：“让我向进化论者提个问题——如果我们曾经像狒狒那样长着尾巴，那么现在尾巴到哪里去了?”
"I'll venture an answer, " said an old lady. "We have worn them off sitting here so long.".
“我来试试看，”一位老太太说。“该是我们在这里坐这么久把它们磨掉了吧。”
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.
一对年轻的夫妇对于他们四岁的儿子仍然不会说话这件事非常着急。他们带他去看专家，但是医生们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."
之后有一天早上，这个男孩突然说道：“妈妈，面包拷糊了。”
"You talked! You talked!" shouted his mother. "I'm so happy! But why has it taken this long."
“你说话了!你说话了!”他的妈妈嚷道。“我真高兴!但是为什么要我们等这么长的时间呢?”
"Well, up till now," said the boy, "things have been okay."
“嗯，直到现在，”男孩说，“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：我看见你亲我姐姐了，如果你不给我五分钱，我就告诉我爸。
Sister's boyfriend: No, don't do that. Here's a nickel.
姐姐的男朋友：不要那样做。给你五分钱。
Little brother: That makes a buck and a quarter I've made this month.
弟弟：我这个月已经赚了一块两毛五了。
5、Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.
兄弟俩在看一些漂亮的油画。
"Look," said the elder brother. "How nice these paintings are!"
“看，”哥哥说，“这些画多漂亮呀!”
"Yes," said the younger, "but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. Where is the father?"
“是啊，”弟弟说道，“可是在所有这些画中，只有妈妈和孩子。那爸爸去哪儿了呢?”
The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained, "Obviously he was painting the pictures."
哥哥想了会儿，然后解释道：“很明显，他当时正在画这些画呗。”
