A young mother believed that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughterher tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a slice of fresh brown bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, When I was a small girl like you, Lucy, I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and then said to her kindly, Aren't you pleased that you've come to live with us now?
A father said to his sons: "Tomorrow your mother is going to bake a pie. Who is going to eat it?"
The oldest son replied: "Father, Ill eat it all!"
The father then said: "Tomorrow Im going to butcher a pig. Who is going to eat it?"
The same son answered: "Father,Ill eat it all!"
The father added: "Tomorrow, we are going to plough the field. Who is going to plough?"
The oldest son answered again: "Its always me, always me. Now its someone elses turn to volunteer!"
总是我
一位父亲对他的儿子们说:“你们的妈妈明天要烙一张馅饼,谁要吃呢?”
大儿子说:“爸爸,我要把它都吃了。”
父亲接着说:“明天我要杀一口猪,谁要吃呢?”
又是大儿子说:“爸爸,我要把它都吃了。”
父亲又说:“明天我们要耕地,谁想耕地呢?”
大儿子再次回答道:“总是我,总是我,这次还是让其他人来做吧。”
Good news: Two boys went out climbing trees.好消息:两名男童出去爬树。
Bad news: wone of them fell out.坏消息:其中有一人摔下来了。
Good news: There was a hammockbeneathhim.好消息:他下面有一个吊床。
Bad news: There was a rakebeside the hammock.坏消息:吊床旁边有一个耙子。
Good news: He missed the rake.好消息:他和耙子擦肩而过。
Bad news: He missed the hammock too !坏消息:他也和吊床擦肩而过!
The squad(班,小队) were having "visual training". One smart recruit(新兵,招募) was asked by the officer to count how many men composed a digging party in a distant field. The party was so faraway(遥远的,恍惚的) that the men appeared as mere dots, but unhesitatingly(迅速地) the recruit replied:
"Sixteen men and a sergeant(中士,军士) , sir."
"Right, but how do you know there's a sergeant there?"
It had been many years since my last eye exam,and my wife was pestering me to make an appointment. The more she nagged , the more I procrastinated. Finally,she made an appointment for me.
The day before I was to see the doctor,I was in an affectionate mood. After kissing and hugging her, I told her she really looked. good to me.,
在我去见医生的前一天,我的.情绪特别好。我对妻于又是亲又是抱,还说她是我眼里最漂亮的女人.
"That does it,”she said.“I'm canceling your appointment."
她说:“这回眼睛没问题了,那我现在就去把号退了。”
After my husband,John,and I moved to Michigan from Nebraska,our new friends,proud of their beautiful tree一lined roads,teased us about the Mid-west's dull,flat,treeless land. When my parents,Nebraska farmers,visited us,I asked them about their trip.
What a boring drive,"my father replied."Once you get to Michigan, there's nothing to see but trees."
我父亲抱怨着:“枯澡,乏味,一进入密西根,除了树什么都没有。”
The little girl was sitting in her grandfather's lap as he read her a story. From time to time, she would take her eyes’ off the book and reach up to touch his wrinkled cheek. By and by she was alternately stroking her own cheek, then his again.