日期：2012-05-15 Peter was telling a friend that he had just lost his job. Why did the foreman（领班） fire you? the friend asked in surprise. Oh, Peter said, you know how foreman are. They stand around with their hands in their pockets watching everybody else work.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-15 Bill is a good student and an intelligent boy. He likes to study arithmetic, and he can do all of the arithmetic problems in his book easily. One day on his way to school Bill passed a fruit store. There was a sign in the window which said, Apple-Si... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-27 On a rural road a state trooper pulled this farmer over and said: Sir, do you realize your wife fell out of the car several miles back? To which the farmer replied: Thank God, I thought I had gone deaf! 在一个乡村路上，一警察让这个农民靠边停车，说：... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-27 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. Then one morning at breakfast the boy suddenly blurted, Mom, the toast is burned.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-27 A peddler（小贩） sold earthen basins in the wayside, he chanted as knocked: Earthen basin is round, beautiful and solid, judging by the sound, they are all good. At the time of his knocking, that earthen basin was broken into pieces with a crack. L... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-18 Mrs Brown was going out for the day. She locked the house and tacked a note for the milkman on the door: NOBODY HOME. DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING. When she got back that night, she found her door broken open and her house ransacked（洗劫，掠夺） . On the n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-18 The bus was crowded, and as one more man tried to get on, the passengers wouldn't let him aboard. It is too crowded, they shouted. who do you think you are? I am the driver. he said. 公共汽车上很挤，当又一个人还是试图上车时，乘客们不让他上。 车上太... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-18 There's a senior citizen driving on the highway. His wife calls him on his cell phone and in a worried voice says, Herman, be careful! I just heard on the radio that there was a madman driving the wrong way on Route 280! Herman says,I know, but ther... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-18 A: I saw seven girls share one umbrella and none of them got wet. B: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella. A: No, it wasn't raining. A：我看见7个女孩共撑一把伞却没有一个被淋湿。 B：啊？那一定是把很大的伞吧！ A：不是，当时并没有下雨。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-03-21 At the radio station where I worked, the manager called me into his office to preview a new sound-effects package we were considering purchasing. He closed the door so we wouldn't bother people in the outer office. After listening to a few routine s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-03-21 Smith goes to see his boss in the front office. Boss, he says: we're doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow, and my wife needs me to help with the attic（阁楼） and the garage. We're short-handed, Smith. the boss replies. I can't give you... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-28 A woman walks up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch（门廊） . 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 foo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-28 An old couple went into a restaurant and ordered something to eat: one Coca Cola and one portion of French fries. The old man sat down and the woman, his wife, sat opposite him, and he began to divide the Coca Cola into two glasses, half for him and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-28 Walking up to a department store's fabric（织物，布） counter, the pretty girl said, I would like to buy this material for a new dress. How much does it cost? Only one kiss per yard, replied the male clerk with a smirk（假笑，傻笑） . That's fine, s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-16 When a student failed to solve a math problem in class, he expressed his regret to his teacher. I remember solving the problem in my dream last night, but for the time being I've forgotten it . What can that mean? It means that you are more intellig... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-16 A story around campus has it that a student once sent a telegram to his parents reading: Mom - flunked（不及格，失败） all courses. Kicked out of school. Prepare Pop. Two days later he received a response: Pop prepared. Prepare yourself. 校园里流传... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-16 Professor, I did the best I could on this test. I really don't think I deserve a zero. Neither do I. But that's the lowest grade I'm allowed to give. 学生：教授先生，我这次考试已经竭尽全力了。我真的觉得我不应该得零蛋。 老师：我也是。但是这已经是我能... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-16 Teacher: Cassandra, if I saw a man beating a donkey and I stopped him, what virtue would I be demonstrating? Cassandra: Brotherly love? 老师：Cassandra，如果我看见有人在殴打一头驴，我制止了他，我显示出了什么美德？ Cassabdra：兄弟般的关爱？... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-03 Two attorneys went into a restaurant and ordered two drinks. Then they brought out sandwiches from their briefcases and started to eat. The owner marched over and told them, You can't eat your own sandwiches here! The attorneys looked at each other,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-03 A very thin man met a very fat man in the hotel lobby. From your looks, said the fat man, there might have been a famine. Yes, was the reply, and from your looks, you might have caused it. 在旅馆大厅里，一个非常瘦的人遇到了一个非常胖的人。 胖子说：... 阅读全文>>